However, inside it’s one of Queenstown’s most unusual homes because, attached to two-level living quarters, with two ensuited bedrooms upstairs, is a showroom capable of showcasing nine vehicles.
Or 11, if you add the main double garage.
Vendor David Eadie, who lives in another Jack’s Point home, added this one about seven years ago to house his burgeoning car collection — it was designed by Queenstown’s David Stringer and built by David Reid Homes.
The showroom also has a car hoist which enables Eadie to tinker with his cars, and even in the winter as the concrete floor’s heated.
He says compared with storing your vehicles in industrial premises, this is way more fun, and with a bar in the living quarters it makes a great spot for a party.
Now in his late 70s, Eadie’s putting ‘The Car House’ on the market.
Handling the sale — by deadline sale closing March 27 — are Bayleys agents Grant and Deborah Coburn and Hemi Brown.
Grant calls the house "a man cave on steroids".
"Instead of buying an industrial building on Glenda Dr with not a lot of fun and enjoyment, this allows you to buy, probably for less money, somewhere you could live or holiday in, and be happy in."
Grant says it’s more what you’d expect to see in the countryside, "but not that price bracket".
Eadie adds: "I find it astonishing no one else has done this.
"So many older guys have got an interest in cars and would love to get a couple more, but they’ve got nowhere to put them."
Grant says a buyer might alternatively consider letting out the living quarters for about $1200 a week, and just use the showroom which has a steel door to seal it off.
Brown’s sure the 393sqm house, on a 940sqm section, will sell for below replacement cost.
"If I was a betting man, I’d say the buyer is going to be someone with a passion for cars.
"We’ve had interest from Singapore, Australia and around New Zealand — a lot of Southland people have got car collections."
A Bayleys property management report suggests the showroom could also be used as a fitness/artist’s studio space.
The property’s rateable value is $2.62million.
