TO-MORROW, THE ElliT CHANCE EVER OFFERED IN THE CITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SEASIDE HOME READY FURNISHED.ABSOLUTE SALE OF THE HEARN BAY ESTATE, WORSER BAY, In tho Borough of Miramar. FREEHOLD LAND AND BUDLDINGS. FIFTEEN COTTAGES, ALL FUR. NISHED AND READY FOR IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION. I DEPOSIT ONLY £25 ON EACH COTTAGE. PRIVATE HOTEL, GENERAL STORE, POST OFFICE, TELEPHONE BUREAU, PUBLIC HALL— 'THIRTEEN ROOMS IN ALL. IN THE EXCHANGE LAND MART, |No. 84, Lambton-quay, Wellington. ON THURSDAY, Bth DEC, 1904, At 2.30 o'clock p.m. MACDONALD, WILSON AND CO. are favoured with instructions from Mr. R. A. Hearn A in consequence of his early deparluro for Chicago, to sell absolutely by publio auction the whole 6f his valuable estate at Hoarn's Bay (Worscr Bay) as under — LOTS 1 to 15. FIFTEEN VERANDAH COTTAGES, each containing four rooms, with a Freehold Section of Land having frontage 3to each cottage ranging from 24ft to 30ft to the Marine Parade, by depths ranging from 212 ft to 242 ft. The cotti^ges are furnished and practically ready for immediate occupation. Tho avorago rent in tho summer season is £5 per month. Each cottage will be Bold separately, furnUhed as it stands, with wire-wove bedsteads and mattresses, floor covering, tables, chairs, utensils, etc. The cottagea were "built eight years ago of well-seasoned timber, totara plates, eta. They have been painted, every second year, and , are in splotidid order' and condition. Each cottage has a plentiful supply of beautiful spring wator. LOT 16.. THAT SPLENDID BLOCK OF LAND having a frontage of 93ft 3in to the Marine Parade by a depth of some L33ft, and containing considerably over halt an acre, with the Valuable Buildings erected thcreou — namely: Private Hotel and Residence, Post Olhce, Telephone Bureau, Store, "Tho Kiosk" Kail (20ft x 30ft) with specially-pre-pared floor for dancing, raised plat- • form, ptc, Coachhouse, 12-stall Stable, Hayloft, etc. A 6in carthenwnre drain runs through tho property. Two majrmfiront springs exist from which wafer i is laid on to private hotel, stables, etc. The buildings are so "admirably adapted for carrying on thii large storo business, Ihe refreshment and tea room", and the catering for the comfort of boarder", that a largo, and rnmunerative bu-iness has been carried on for yean, the goodwill of which goes with the property. To any sensible man or lioinrn with business capacity thare is uoi; only a competence but a fortune in this property. LOTS 17 to 26. TEN SPLENDID BUILDING SEC TIONS on tho higher laud above, fronting iho Ngaio road and the Seatoun Heights road, having frontages ranging from 40ft to 90ft by depths to over 100 ft. These sections command' a magn.ficent uniiitcnuptcd view of tho harbour from Pcncu'rcw Head to Pclono. They aru easily built upon, arc accC3c-ible by ferry steamer in half an horn, and by good roads and omnibuses from tha city, and cannot be surpassed as healthy seaside residential sites. Tho Hearn's Bay Estate is in tho market only bceauso Mr. and Mrs. fiearn are leaving the colony to make their future homo in Americn. It mu«t therefore be an absolute* sale in every sen£o. This sale gives an opportunity to tho family man or tho bachelor to secure a seaside cottage ready furnished for a Jess sum than he would be required to pay for the land alone. Each section of land with, the furnished cottage will bo put up at an upset price of £150, and a dqpoats of £25 will purchase it, with immediate possossiou, and the balance on terms at 5£ per cent, interest. The fortunate purchaser will . thus have a furnished house and nearly a quarter of an acre of land for an annual interest charge on his' pur-chase-money of a month's rental.. Who will hoxitate- <"O purohaso a seaside home at such a price and on such terms? They aro extraordinary and unique, and only possible because Mr. Hearn must leave the colony at an early date. The land on which the cottages and othor buildings stand was tho first purchase made from tho Messrs. Crawford, and JMr. Hearn secured tho beautiful halfmoon bay, with a, wido stretch of sandy beach, now known as Hoarn's Bay, tho very pick of tho basket. Far inferior land is selling at £6 ncr foot, and the market value of this portion of the Marine Parade is estimated at £10 per foot. The special development in the Borough of Miramar in .which this property is situated is best revealed by the fact that tho value of the borough has risen during tho last five years from £33,648 to £340,878. Although repeated requests havo been made to rent the cottages for Iho summer season, they have been kept vacant co that purchasers can. havo possession tho morning after sale. For Lithographic Plans and further information apply to tho Auctioneers. Take a run over in the -ferry steamers any day in the week and inspect. It will prove a delightful outing. TO-MORROW. CORNER BUILDING SECTIONS, PETONE, PETONE. EST THE EXCHANGE LAND MART, No. 84, Lambton-quay, Wellington. ON THURSDAY, Bth DEC, 1904, At 2.30 o'clock p.m. MACDONALD, WILSON AND CO. are favoured with instructions to sell by public auction as above — Those Valuable Business Building Sections NO3. 88 (corner), 159, and 162 corner), on the plan of tlic Buick Estate, having frontages to Jack-son-street ranging from 36ft to 39ft 7in by depths of 99ft. These seotions, which were a special selection by tho owner at Hip original Buiok Estate sale, will be found very desirable and central sites, close to the Post Office, Publio School, and new site for Bank of New Zealand. They should bo inspected by those requiring suburban building sitc3 of the best class. CROFTON. FOR SALE, 16 SECTIONS in tho charming TRELISSICK SUBDIVI. SION, adjoimnsr Crofton Railway Station. Only thrde miles from the city. Improsecl railway service Easy teims of payment. For plans and particulars, apply to J. H. BETHUNK AND CO., l''eatherston-6treet.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 137, 7 December 1904, Page 8
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