DREAM PROPERTY
Homeowner Xenia Marcroft had dreamed of owning this property for a decade, liking the north-facing section with pool and the close proximity to the sea.
DINING
The oak Keiji Ashizawa dining table and three of the chairs are from Good Form; the Wilson rope seat dining chairs at the end are from A&C Homestore. The triptych behind dining table is by Athena Passione, one of Xenia’s sisters.
For 10 years, Xenia Marcroft walked past a big weatherboard house a stone’s throw from Point Chevalier Beach in Auckland’s inner west. She liked the size of the two-storey home, the full north-facing section with pool and the property’s proximity to the sea. She thought she’d like to own it one day.
Then, in 2020, the 340sqm house came up for sale. “It sat on the market for three or four months, which is long for Pt Chev,” says Xenia. The layout didn’t suit her family, but it had a big footprint, so she saw the potential.
She and husband Cameron, who had two children at the time, bought the house, moved in and got to grips with the challenge. “It’d had a lot of
