Birkenhead house attracts 100 bids and sells for NZ$2.29M

An incredible auction in North Shore City’s Birkenhead has attracted 100 bids before selling under the hammer for NZ$2,290,000 – a whopping NZ$1,265,000 over its CV.

The sale of the three-bedroom, one-bathroom home at 8 Waratah Street (pictured below) was the highlight of a number of auction sales, and was managed by Ray White Carpenter Realty Glenfield I Verrans Corner I Beach Haven Salespeople Nicola Millar and Chantall Turner.

“We knew from the start of the campaign that this property might be a potential wildcard in regard to what it may possibly achieve in the market,” Ms Turner said.

“It was a deceased estate and the beneficiaries followed our recommendations on how to market the much-loved family home.

“On the night, our whole Carpenter Realty team and the auctioneer banded together and achieved a result that exceeded the seller’s, Nicola’s and my expectations.”

“I’ve never seen a bidding sheet quite like it –there was a huge amount of competition between the 10 active buyers,” said Ray White Carpenter Realty General Manager Lauren Davies.

“Incredibly, the bidding actually only started at NZ$800,000, and ended up selling for almost triple that opening bid – what a sensational result.

“The property was called on the market at NZ$1,525,000, and from there, bidding went crazy. It took another whopping 87 bids to sell for NZ$765,000 over declared on the market.