"It's the tall windows, the glowing timber floors, the way light floods the place with warmth. From the get-go I've loved that, and the agreeable quirkiness about this comfy old classic" she said. "I'm up here quiet and private, sunny and secure with an interesting view across the working Port and upper haven."

Fountain Place is special, a lovely "settler-flavoured" neighbourhood here, one of the earliest in Nelson. Filled with interesting objet-d'art, textures, sketches and the comforting scent of portrait oils, sun-warmed fabrics, and well-thumbed books we know that a reader, and a collector, lives here.

She gardens, well sort of because nature looks like its fought back in this garden and won! But she loves that too and still grows her own veges. She has her own totally private plunge-pool, has been quietly doing the place-up.

With two double bedrooms plus sunroom, a new wet-zone bathroom, split-level kitchen and lounge-dining, sunny terraces and deck, there is lots and lots to love here at number 24.

But the time's right, her minds made up, she has committed to another property, so call now to make a time to view or view this sunny little pocket just around the corner from the city.