{"id":368347,"date":"2026-04-07T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368347\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:55:12","slug":"everybody-who-walks-in-goes-wow-all-things-property-under-oneroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/368347\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everybody who walks in goes wow\u2019, All things property, under OneRoof"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Alison Bevin built a Havelock North home designed by her brother, Nick Bevin, and inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson.<\/p>\n

– The two-bedroom house features unique materials like zinc and cedar, winning a New Zealand Institute of Architecture award in 2007.<\/p>\n

– Bevin is selling the home, valued at mid-$3m, after commissioning another design from her brother.<\/p>\n

When a newly divorced Kiwi found herself without a home, she turned to family for help.<\/p>\n

Alison Bevin told OneRoof that she had returned to New Zealand from a stint overseas and wanted to build a house in Havelock North.<\/p>\n

She immediately tapped her brother, Nick Bevin, of Bevin + Slessor Architects, and gave him free rein on the design, as long as he drew inspiration from design legends Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was coming out of a rather long divorce. But I decided, as a start to my new life as a single woman, I was going to build a home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"38a<\/p>\n

The home uses a mix of building materials, including concrete block, precast concrete panels, various timbers and zinc joinery. Photo \/ Supplied <\/p>\n

\u201cI said to him [Nick], \u2018You can explore unusual materials, and if you wish, you can design an award-winning home for you \u2013 not for me\u2019. And that was about it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very much, \u2018this is how I want to feel in my home, this is how I want to be, and I\u2019d like to do a modern home, modernist, but explore different materials\u2019. And off he went. You just have to go with the flow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result was a two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a self-contained one-bedroom apartment at 38A Muritai Crescent, in Havelock North<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cladding is a unique combination of zinc, western red cedar weatherboards, precast concrete panels and concrete block.<\/p>\n

Discover more:<\/p>\n

– Pipi\u2019s Pizza cookbook author selling her beloved Hawke\u2019s Bay homestead<\/a><\/p>\n

– First \u2018golden visa\u2019 sales: Buyers from Germany, US, South Korea and China snap up Kiwi homes<\/a><\/p>\n

– Welsh-style castle for sale in the Bay of Islands – comes with dungeon<\/a><\/p>\n

The large kitchen island, which her brother refers to as Ali\u2019s altar, is also made from polished concrete, while solid wood floorboards adorn the floors.<\/p>\n

Bevin said her brother had created a timeless design, which won him a New Zealand Institute of Architecture award in 2007. The house also featured in various publications, including 100 Dream Houses from Downunder.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody who walks in goes, \u2018Wow, this is amazing\u2019, because it\u2019s modern, but it\u2019s 20 years old, and you know, it doesn\u2019t look it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI\u2019ve never wanted to change anything in that house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"38a<\/p>\n

The kitchen has a large concrete benchtop dubbed \u201cAli\u2019s Altar\u201d by the architect. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

She admired her brother\u2019s work so much that she asked him to design another home for her in Havelock North, which was his last commission before retiring.<\/p>\n

That home was completed last year, which is why she\u2019s decided to sell 38A Muritai Crescent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a bit bittersweet. It\u2019s just sort of one of those once it\u2019s gone it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she held on to 38A Muritai Crescent for years, even while living overseas, because of its sentimental value.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the start. It was my independence. I made my own decisions, and I spent my own money the way I wanted to spend it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mint Realty listing agent Nic Goodman said the house was genuinely her favourite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just been so brilliantly designed. You are looking out at the garden as soon as you open the front door. Every person who has walked through has gone, \u2018Wow, that\u2019s super cool\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman said most of the interest so far had been from people who appreciated great architecture and were looking to downsize from farming or lifestyle properties.<\/p>\n

She said she was inviting interest at around mid-$3 million.<\/p>\n

– 38A Muritai Crescent, Havelock North, Hastings, is for sale, deadline closing April 23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– Alison Bevin built a Havelock North home designed by her brother, Nick Bevin, and inspired by Frank…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1258,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-368347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-latest-news","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}