The coronavirus has not put a stop to New Zealand's housing market, with buyers, sellers and agents all finding creative ways to do deals during lockdown. On OneRoof, there are thousands of properties still on the market. We've selected five that caught our eye, from impressive stately homes and beach escapes to investment properties.
This grand six-bedroom home looks as if it should be sitting on a listings site in the UK. Built in 1930s and boasting a huge section, the English-style manor is located in one of Dunedin's top suburbs, St Clair.
It's close to the beach and includes a formal dining room, a family dining room, an extensive kitchen and butler's pantry. Oh, and it also comes with a billiards room.
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The agent marketing the home, Madelon White, is inviting buyers to make offers over $1.98 million - below the 2019 GV of $2.32 million. "With a 50 percent deposit and payments of as little as $650 per week, this Dunedin grand design could be yours," White says in the listing ad.
Don't be surprised if this Auckland mansion overwhelms you. It's steeped in history, but not the dusty kind - it's full of joy. Set on a huge 3062sqm site on Remuera's Arney Road, the six-bedroom house was built in 1914 for Charles Nathan, a prominent member of one of Auckland’s leading families.
It has a super-bright colour palette, a credit to its current owners, who restored it to its former glory after it had been used as the headquarters for the Teachers Kindergarten Training Centre during the 1950s and 1960s.
The two-storey library is something else - and based on a picture the owners saw of Sir Walter Scott’s library. The dining room has been carefully embellished with a hand-painted floral and bird theme, partly based on European grand homes and palaces
Upstairs lie six bedrooms and, as you’d expect, the master suite is extremely glamorous with lots of wardrobes and a modern marble bathroom.
The house, which has a CV of $12.25 million, is for sale by negotiation.
This isn't a stately home, but Lot 25 at 268 Riversdale Road, Riversdale Holiday Park in Wairarapa is just 500m from the ocean and is an ideal post-lockdown escape for those on a budget.
Ray White agent Jude Clark says the two-bedroom fully furnished caravan comfortably sleeps five people and comes with two car parks and storage shed. It is one of is one of 80 owned sites in the holiday park.
Offers over $120,000 are sought.
This cool three-bedroom Auckland home is close to One Tree Hill and Cornwall Park. It is tucked back from the road up a private right-of-way, and according to the selling agent, Rohan Thompson, it offers "a great blend of comfort, style, and indoor/outdoor lifestyle - all in an affordable package".
It's perfect for first-home buyers, downsizers and those looking to make a step up from an apartment, and has a fixed price of $859,000.
From One Tree Hill to One Tree Point in Northland. This four-bedroom beach home can fit a large family and guests - and has plenty of storage space for kayaks, paddle and surf boards and other beach equipment.
The agent marketing the property, Aaron Ratcliffe, says it's a rare opportunity for buyers to secure a beach-front location that rarely comes up for sale. The home, which has a CV of $1.16 million, is for sale by tender.
