The top result for the week went to Ray White Ellerslie agent Graham Young who sold 7 Korau Road, Greenlane, under the hammer for $2.84 million. The auction recorded six registered bidders and four active bidders.
Mr Young said the home received interest from developers and renovators.
“The winning bid went to a family who lived next door. They are going to renovate it together in some sense,” Mr Young said.
“The home is not beyond renovation but the renovations would have to be so extensive you might as well knock it down. But it’s a 921sqm section in the double grammar zone, so a lot of people were interested in it because of that.
“The guy that lived there had lived there most of his life and was ready to downsize as he was sick of getting the lawn mowed. But he didn’t want to leave until he had somewhere to go.
“I searched the market for homes in his price range. At house number 36 I found the perfect house in his price range.”
The auction with the highest number of bidders was at Ray White Papatoetoe agents William Vaea and Julie Vaea’s auction at 269 Shirley Road, Papatoetoe which recorded 11 registered bidders, and sold under the hammer for $1.55 million.
“A developer landed the winning bid in the end. We had two home buyers and nine developers which is unusual in this market,” Mr Vaea said.
“It’s a good location at the end of the Indian community. It’s a corner site right next to the shops.
“We had another property on the same street which was a bigger lot and sold for around $1.4 million, so this was a really good price.
“The sellers are relocating to Fiji. They are from Fiji and they run a business over there. They had lived in the home for more than a decade.”
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