The master suite at Luc 22, a bed under fur throws in a cedar-lined room with two windows onto the lake and mountains

GALLERY

Nothing hereis staged.

The owner’s own photographs, in the state the house is handed over to you. Same furniture, same view, same fire.

The house, in order.

Luc 22 at dusk, a cedar and corten-steel house on a forested ridge above Lake Wakatipu with the snow-capped ranges beyond — Arriving, last light

The Jotul woodburner alight with a copper kettle on top and a stacked woodstore beside it — The fire, laid before you arrive

The living room with cedar walls, recycled ironwood beams and full-height glass onto the lake and mountains — The living room, facing the lake

Luc slicing vegetables at the bench of the copper-clad kitchen, an AGA range and hanging copper pans behind him — The kitchen, and the man in it

The master suite, a bed under fur throws in a cedar-lined room with two windows onto the lake and mountains — The master suite

The white marble ensuite with a clawfoot bath beneath a picture window and a glass rainfall shower — The ensuite

The entry hall with terrazzo floor, recycled timber posts, an antler chandelier and hardwood stairs rising to the upper floor — The entry hall

Breakfast laid on white linen with fresh fruit, warm pastries and a red cast-iron teapot — Breakfast, included

A mounted caribou head on the cedar wall of the living room — Brought back from further away

The exterior of Luc 22, corten steel and cedar cladding standing against the alpine landscape — Corten steel and cedar

The westward view down Lake Wakatipu towards Bob’s Cove and the ranges — West, down the lake

Carved Asian timber doors set into the cedar-lined interior — Collected, not decorated

Black-and-white Italian tiles at the front door — Italian tiles at the door

A gilded Buddha figure among the treasures collected inside the house — Brought back from somewhere

Alpenglow on the snow-covered ridgeline of the Remarkables at dusk — What the windows look at

Luc 22 at dusk, cedar and corten steel on a forested ridge above Lake Wakatipu

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Every night you sell through a listing site, somebody who has never seen your place takes a slice of it. A site like this one is simply yours. Guests find it, they book on it, and the whole payment lands with you.

If you own a bach, a lodge or a holiday home, send me a message and tell me about it. I’ll tell you what I’d build and what it would cost, and it costs nothing to ask.

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