The Family Stack

Deadline Closing 12pm, 4 November 2026

Every family needs a base, and 33 Essex Avenue was built to be exactly that. It sits in Butel Park, only a hop, skip and a jump from Arrowtown Village (and a cheeky golf cart drive across to Millbrook). This is a neighbourhood known for its kid-friendly, ride-around-to-see-their-mates vibe.

You’ll feel the weight lift off your shoulders the moment you turn in. It starts at the gate: nearly half an acre of flat, private land, wrapped in twenty years of established trees, with the Remarkables and Sawpit Gully doing their best work through the gaps.

Inside, the story is space. Some 365 square metres of it, spread across five bedrooms, two or more living areas (depending on how you use each space) and a plan that separates the loud from the quiet without anyone feeling exiled. The magnificent double-height living space runs off a stacked schist fireplace and a kitchen with an island built for breakfast negotiations; the media room is where the second movie of the night happens; the study doubles as bedroom five when the cousins arrive. Above the garage, a loft with its own stairs and skylights serves as a kids’ lounge, teenage retreat or overflow dorm, and yes, one of the bedrooms has a climbing wall.

When the sun goes down (albeit a bit early in winter), this is a home built for top-shelf tomfoolery. The courtyard holds the spa, the lawn holds the schist wood-fired outdoor fireplace, and the garage holds the Tesla charger, so everyone gets home recharged one way or another. Fair warning: you will become the house everyone’s kids end up at, and you will not mind.

Then there are the Butel Park bonuses: a heated 20-metre indoor pool, gym and tennis court a short walk away, shared with your neighbours and maintained by the residents’ association for a modest annual levy. Mains services, reticulated gas, a solid build with its paperwork in order, and a council file so tidy it practically folds itself.

Built for families of all ages and stages, this home is ready for the next one to stack up epic memories of their own.