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Real estate’s power duo: ‘If someone from Bollywood reads this, give me a call’

Aug 22, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Donna Fleming

Behind every top real agent is – or should be – an inspirational manager. For Aman Gulia, who recently made number five in the list of top-selling Harcourts agents worldwide, that’s Dave Findlay, who owns Harcourts JK Realty in Auckland’s Mount Albert. Dave has also picked up prestigious awards himself, including REINZ’s Manager of the Year for 2023 for all of New Zealand.
Queenstown-Lakes for less than $1m: Cash buyer needed for gold rush town’s oldest building

Aug 21, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Nikki Preston

A historic waterfront home in Queenstown-Lakes could be snapped up for less than $1 million. Built in 1864, the former Ship Inn hotel is the oldest surviving building in Kingston, at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu, and is a symbol of the region’s gold mining past. Now a three-bedroom home, 24 Cornwall Street is seeking offers over $825,000.
Well-kept Lockwood home built in then rural Auckland suburb selling after 19 years

Aug 21, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Louise Richardson

Saras and Mam are just the third owners of their solidly built, classic and timeless Lockwood home in the desirable South Auckland suburb of Goodwood Heights. “We bought it around 2005 and although the previous owner had allowed it to become very run-down, I fell in love with the beautiful deck and the garden right away. I’d worked at an architect’s office in Fiji, and I knew that Lockwood homes were very good,” says Saras.
Rural outlook meets premium property on one of Pukekohe’s ‘best streets’

Aug 21, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield

Pukekohe is a unique blend of small-town community vibes and relaxed country living. Now, a spot on arguably one of the area’s most exclusive streets is on offer, with 2 Grace James Road, Pukekohe, coming to market for the first time since the current owners transformed the home with a total renovation. “We immediately fell in love with this property because it has a really nice outlook, is on a wide, open street, didn’t feel hemmed in, and is nice and close to town.
Retirees snap up $100,000 cottage in tiny South Island mining town

Aug 20, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Negotiation Awapuni |Diana Clement

A two-bedroom standalone home in the small Southland town of Nightcaps has been snapped up by North Island retirees for a bargain price. Dubbed Sinclair Cottage, the architectural gem is one of the last original miner homes still left in the region and had been used as a museum before hitting the market in July.
Cinema icons’ ‘groovy’ home with private movie theatre for sale

Aug 19, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Diana Clement

The “groovy” home of Christchurch movie icons Lang and Maureen Masters is heading to auction this week. The three-bedroom deceased estate is a testament to the couple’s love of cinema and is full of quirky design touches and features, including an 18-seat movie theatre. The Masters were legendary figures in Christchurch cinema, operating the city’s oldest and best-known movie theatre, the Hollywood, in Sumner, for almost 60 years. Maureen died in 2020, a year before Lang sold the Hollywood.
Buyer snaps up his childhood home for $2m-plus - 'my mum cried'

Aug 17, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Negotiation Remuera |Catherine Smith

The listing promised it was the house "you will likely never want to leave”, and one buyer took that message to heart. The four-bedroom 1950s brick-and-tile home on Whitehaven Road, in Glendowie, Auckland, was his childhood home and he snapped it up at auction this week for more than $2 million. Chris and his wife Genna told OneRoof they had been looking for a large family home for months when they spotted a listing for his parents' old house.
Developers roll out the deals - $1 reserve auction v $59,000 cash offer

Aug 16, 2024 | oneroof.co.nz | Negotiation Darfield |Negotiation Remuera |Negotiation Awapuni |Negotiation Pukekohe

Two Auckland property developers are trying to get ahead of slow sales in the crowded new townhouse market by offering novelty deals for buyers. One has set the auction reserve for a three-bedroom townhouse in Ranui at $1. The other is offering to cover one year of interest rate payments for the buyer of the four-bedroom townhouse at 43B Mirrabooka Avenue, in Botany Downs. Harcourts agent Inder Tak, who is bringing 20 Metcalfe Road to auction on September 13, said the sale would be an unusual one.