Remuera, Auckland
A mid-century modernist home by Vlad Cacala, extensively redesigned by architect Andrew Meiring, on 1,702 m² up a private lane.
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Mid-century modernist masterpiece
Designed by Vlad Cacala in the 1960s and extensively redesigned by architect Andrew Meiring for the current owners, this five-bedroom Remuera residence sits on 1,702 m² (more or less), well back from the road up a private lane.
It is a home for the family that has outgrown the ordinary: room for every generation on the entrance level, and a whole floor above for living and entertaining around the pool, the decking and the garden.
The architects
Vlad Cacala trained in Prague, arrived in Auckland on Christmas Day 1952 and practised here until 1978 as a proponent of the International Style. His Blumenthal House in St Heliers was published in Domus in Milan.
Andrew Meiring lists the project on his own practice’s site as an extensive refurbishment of a Vlad Cacala house on Shore Road. His stated approach: architecture should be a response rather than an imposition.
The home
The entrance level gives guests or a second generation their own bedrooms, bathroom and kitchenette. Upstairs is for living: the lounges, kitchen and dining, the main suite and the pool.
Entrance level
Two double bedrooms sit either side of a bathroom and kitchenette, and both open to a private tropical garden with a fire pit. Next door, the media and rumpus room could just as easily be a music studio or a gym. The large double garage has internal access, with six more spaces off the street for cars, tools and toys.
Upper level
Climb the stairs to a casual lounge that opens to the pool and spa, beside a kitchen with custom timber cabinetry, a scullery and a hidden laundry, where the hard work stays out of sight.
To the north
A generous formal lounge with a fireplace and a light-filled dining room open to decking under a Louvretec roof, with an outdoor fire. Surrounded by walls of greenery, it is all in complete privacy.
Main suite
The main bedroom has a designer ensuite and a dressing room that look across tropical planting on one side, while doors on the other open to the pool. The same level has a home office with built-in shelving, two more bedrooms, a family bathroom and a separate powder room.
A resort-style pool and spa, cocooned in tropical planting.
Key features
Vlad Cacala’s 1960s design, extensively redesigned by architect Andrew Meiring, with custom timber cabinetry and a scullery in the kitchen.
The formal lounge and dining room open to north-facing decking with a Louvretec roof and an outdoor fire, for hosting in every season beside the pool.
On the entrance level, two double bedrooms either side of a bathroom and kitchenette open to a tropical garden with a fire pit, ideal for multigenerational living.
A 1,702 m² site down a private lane, wrapped in tropical planting around the pool and the fire pit garden.
Gallery
All 21 photographs from the listing, plus the floor plans below. Tap any photo to see it larger.
The film
Fifty-five seconds at 147 Shore Road with Cristina Casares and Steve Koerber, from the lane to the pool.
Floor plans
Two levels, drawn with room sizes in metres. The pool, spa and covered deck sit on the upper level with the main living rooms.
Also a WC, linen cupboard and a spa pool.
Also a kitchenette, a covered entry porch and the stair up to the living level.
Floor plans are indicative only. Sizes and dimensions are approximate and actual measurements may vary. Shown here in this site’s colours.
Location
Remuera takes its name from Remuwera, an old name for Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson, usually translated as the burnt hem of a skirt. Shore Road was once the shoreline of Hobson Bay, Te Waitaramoa.
Saint Kentigern’s Shore Road campus is across the road, the Hobson Bay Walkway meets Shore Road about 60 metres from the lane, and Ōrākei Basin, Ōrākei Bay Village and the train are a short walk away.
The homeSchoolsPlaces nearby
Walking and driving times are measured from where the lane meets Shore Road (add about a minute on foot for the lane), at an easy pace along footpaths and by road in light traffic, from OpenStreetMap routing. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Schools
The home is in zone for Victoria Avenue School, Remuera Intermediate, Auckland Grammar and Epsom Girls Grammar, and for Baradene College, which gives preference to Catholic families. Zones can change, so please confirm with each school.
Years 1 to 6
State, co-educational primary · about 420 students
Opened in 1952 with 168 pupils, and its published zone list includes Shore Road. Each year a group of senior students is trained in the Cool Schools peer mediation programme.
9 min walk 0.7 km · 282 Victoria Avenue, Remuera
School website for Victoria Avenue School (opens in a new tab)Years 7 and 8
State, co-educational intermediate · about 880 students
Opened in 1954 with a roll of over 500. Each year 30 students are chosen for an exchange with its sister school, Befu Elementary School in Fukuoka, Japan.
5 min drive 3.0 km · 55 Ascot Avenue, Remuera
School website for Remuera Intermediate (opens in a new tab)Years 9 to 13
State boys’ secondary, day and boarding · about 2,760 students
Founded in 1869, it moved to Mountain Road in 1916, and its Spanish Mission main block is a Category I historic place. Its zone and Epsom Girls Grammar’s together make up what is known as the double Grammar zone.
8 min drive 4.0 km · Mountain Road, Epsom
School website for Auckland Grammar School (opens in a new tab)Years 9 to 13
State girls’ secondary, day and boarding · about 2,320 students
Opened on 12 February 1917 with 174 students, and today one of the largest girls’ schools in New Zealand. Boarders live at Epsom House, on site.
6 min drive 3.6 km · Silver Road, Epsom
School website for Epsom Girls Grammar School (opens in a new tab)Years 7 to 13
State-integrated Catholic, girls · about 1,520 students
Its enrolment scheme gives preference to families with a commitment to the Catholic Church; in-zone non-preference applicants are offered a place only if any remain, so being in zone is not a guarantee of a place. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1909, it moved to Victoria Avenue in 1910.
8 min walk 0.6 km · 237 Victoria Avenue, Remuera
School website for Baradene College (opens in a new tab)Saint Kentigern Girls’ School
Private girls’ school with a Christian special character, Years 0 to 8, on the Shore Road campus directly across the road, in a building opened in 2022. No enrolment zone.
Saint Kentigern Boys’ School5 min walk
Private Presbyterian boys’ school, Years 1 to 8, on the same Shore Road campus, about 0.3 km on foot. No enrolment zone.
King’s School
Private boys’ school with Anglican links, from its early learning centre to Year 8, at 258 Remuera Road, about 2.6 km by road. No enrolment zone.
Diocesan School for Girls
Private Anglican girls’ school in Epsom, with boarding and an International Baccalaureate option, about 3.9 km by road. No enrolment zone.
St Cuthbert’s College
Private Presbyterian girls’ school, Years 0 to 13, in Epsom, about 4.4 km by road. No enrolment zone.
St Peter’s College
State-integrated Catholic boys’ school, Years 7 to 13, in Grafton, about 3.8 km by road. No enrolment zone in the Ministry of Education directory.
St Michael’s Catholic School
State-integrated Catholic primary, Years 1 to 6, at 6 Beatrice Road, Remuera, about 3 km by road. No enrolment zone.
Ōrākei, Remuera and Meadowbank schools
Their zones stop 210 to 310 m short of No. 147, so it is not in zone for them; nor for Selwyn College.
Zones checked against Ministry of Education enrolment zone data (16 September 2026) and each school’s published zone. Rolls are from the Ministry’s schools directory. Walk times are at an easy pace along footpaths from where the lane meets Shore Road.
Around you
The waterfront, the museum and the villages around Remuera, all within about 11 minutes’ drive.
Waterfront
A flat coastal road of about 8 km with a dedicated cycle lane, leading to Mission Bay’s long golden beach, its fountain at Selwyn Reserve and the cafés of the promenade, all looking out to Rangitoto.
8 min drive · 4.3 km
History and views
The hilltop Michael Joseph Savage Memorial Park overlooks the Waitematā Harbour. Takaparawhau, next to it, is a living symbol of the Māori land protests that culminated in 1978.
8 min drive · 4.6 km
Family day out
Opened in 1985 in disused storage tanks on Tāmaki Drive, with a 110-metre acrylic tunnel, sharks, stingrays and a colony of Antarctic penguins.
6 min drive · 3.6 km
Museum and park
Tāmaki Paenga Hira / Auckland War Memorial Museum stands on the crater rim of Pukekawa / Auckland Domain, the city’s oldest park, which also holds the Domain Wintergardens.
5 min drive · 2.7 km
Village life
Parnell Road’s restaurants and boutiques sit in largely intact Victorian commercial buildings, and the Parnell Rose Gardens are on nearby Gladstone Road.
5 min drive · 3.0 km
Beaches
At the eastern end of Tāmaki Drive, past Kohimarama, St Heliers has a pōhutukawa-lined boardwalk, rock pools at low tide and a village of cafés along the waterfront.
10 min drive · 5.8 km
Viewings
Walk through at an open home, or arrange a private viewing at a time that suits you.
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Offers close at 4pm, unless sold prior
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Private viewings
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