{"id":448765,"date":"2026-05-28T02:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:41:09","slug":"grand-designs-castle-in-canterbury-up-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448765\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Grand Designs’ castle in Canterbury up for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

A “post-modern castle” in Canterbury that appeared on Grand Designs New Zealand in 2022 is on the market.<\/p>\n

The Mediterranean-inspired home on McLeods Rd in Sefton is named Bella Castello and was built by Phil Metaxas and architect Philip Kennedy, OneRoof.co.nz <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty listing agent Matthew Rayner told OneRoof\u00a0Metaxas had done a quality job.<\/p>\n

“You can see he has spent a lot of money on it. I never saw [the property] when it was listed last time. But now it’s finished – all painted, all floored, all glazed.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if I could pick one [favourite feature]. Because you’ve got the Mediterranean look, then you have the spiral staircase and the towers. There’s just a lot to it,”\u00a0Rayner told OneRoof.<\/p>\n

The price is by negotiation<\/a>\u00a0but OneRoof reported it has hit the market for sale with its sights set on a buyer with about $6 million to spend.<\/p>\n

Metaxas told OneRoof in 2023 the project would end up costing \u201cin excess of $1 million\u201d and that replacement costs were around $12m.<\/p>\n

Bella Castello has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, multiple living areas, an internal courtyard, a generous kitchen and a formal dining room. It sits on 4.31 ha.<\/p>\n

It also has a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment. The 1170sq m floor plan runs over four levels from the wine cellar in the basement to the top tower.<\/p>\n

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