A pile of rubble for sale near the beach attracted interest from all over the country and even as far afield as Australia, but in the end, it was snapped up by a local buyer.
All that remains of the once-cherished 1950s bach in Waihau Bay, Ōpōtiki, is a chimney stack, scattered rusted metal and other debris, and a building pad,
The exact sale price of the 1143sqm section cannot be revealed until settlement, but OneRoof previously reported there had been a recent valuation of $390,000.
OneAgency agent Pip Woodhouse-Shea said she knew that the property that had been destroyed in an electrical fire would sell, but hadn’t expected so much interest. Multiple offers made on the property by the time the three-week deadline had closed.
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The property would be a “labour of love” for the new owners who were from the Bay of Plenty and planned to eventually build a holiday home there for family, she said.
They had a bit of work to do to clear the site and Woodhouse-Shea expected there would be a few working bees to be happening at some point.
“They are going to do something down there eventually, but just have a really neat pad for them to base themselves from.”
The 1143sqm section at 8933 State Highway 35 is close to the beach. Photo / Supplied
Woodhouse-Shea said a lot of the enquiries had come from people reading about it on OneRoof and saw it as a beautiful place to have a bach.
“We had enquiries from Far North and down to Wellington. We even had somebody from Australia on the day emailing me saying she wanted to put an offer in. She hadn’t seen the property or anything, but she just wanted to make an offer.
“I had one guy from Rotorua who said, ‘I just want to put a small shack on it and have a boat so I can just go fishing in that area and that will be me done’.”
Local had also wanted to make offers, she said, but sadly hadn’t been in the required price range.
The property, was understood to be the only freehold site in Papatea Bay, which was just before Waihau Bay and Woodhouse believed this might have been a big draw card. The area was also a popular game fishing spot and had water reminiscent of that on the tropical islands.
“When you go to places like the islands you see that very blue water but you don’t often see that in our waters, it’s often a bit greeny coloured but the water down there on a good day is absolutely beautifully blue so that’s why it’s very, very pretty.”
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