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Britten Stables has a swimming pool inside a two-story glassed-in atrium.
Britten Stables, the luxury property created by inventor, designer, real estate developer and motorcycle pioneer John Britten, has a new owner.
The Christchurch property was renovated by Britten’s daughter and son-in-law, Isabelle and Tim Weston, at a cost of $ 2.5 million, and was featured on a TV show. Great designs.
The couple used it as a home, bed and breakfast and event venue before putting it up for sale last month.
This is the first time that the property has left Britten’s family ownership since he converted what had been the historic stables of the neighboring Mona Vale farm into a house in the 1970s.
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Chris Moller of Grand Designs revisits the Britten Stables, rebuilt after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. (Video first published in 2018)
Britten rose to fame with the Britten V1000 motorcycle he designed in the property’s garage. He and his wife Kirsteen Britten were raising their young family in the house when he passed away in 1995.
Harcourt’s agent Alison Aitken, who handled the sale, said the buyers were a family from Christchurch. Neither their identity nor the sale price has yet been disclosed.
The property has a 2019 rating appraisal of $ 3.84 million, but its market value is considered significantly higher.
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Isabelle and Tim Weston with Grand Designs presenter Chris Moller while filming the episode on their house.
Aitken said he had received five offers for the property, all but one of which came from locals.
“There are definitely a lot of people in this high-end looking market.
“There will now be four parties looking for something else. But it’s iconic, there is so much history in the place.
“It’s a special property.”
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Britten Stables was badly damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes. It is located on a section of 1300 m² in Riccarton.
The Westons bought the property from Kirsteen Britten after the earthquakes, in which it was badly damaged. Their transformation shared the award for restoration at this year’s Canterbury Heritage Awards.
Grand Designs presenter Chris Moller described the house as “absolutely stunning” when he visited.
The couple said they put the property up for sale so they could spend more time with their two young daughters.
The 900 square meter house sits on a 1300 square meter plot on Matai St West in Riccarton.
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John Britten with his famous motorcycle in 1993.
It has seven en-suite bedrooms, a two-story glassed-in atrium with an indoor pool and large gardens.
Other features include a curved marble staircase, indoor fern garden, wine cellar, hot tub, 52 solar panels, and a separate New York-style loft.
It’s advertised on AirBnB for just under $ 3,000 a night.
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Britten Stables was restored at a cost of $ 2.5 million.
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