- An Auckland mansion sold for over $20m within two weeks of listing.
- Agent Ollie Wall said the property attracted serious interest from more than 20 wealthy buyers.
- The sale highlights the high demand for quality homes in Auckland’s luxury market.
The Auckland mansion described as “every wealthy Kiwi’s dream property” has sold for more than $20 million, OneRoof can reveal.
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Wall Real Estate agent Ollie Wall said the Ronaki Road house in Mission Bay was snapped up within two weeks of hitting the open market.
He declined to reveal who bought the mansion but did say the amount they paid was around the vendors’ price expectation of $20m-plus.
“What it shows is that a good quality house in a good position, and needs nothing done to it, will sell quickly,” he said, adding that more than 20 wealthy buyers had looked at the property.
Over the years various owners have bought out properties lower down the hill and covenanted them to prevent their views being built out. Photo / Supplied
The Sumich-designed house hides a basement garage. Photo / Supplied
“We got serious interest from almost everyone who viewed the house. It ticked all the boxes. We had people lining up outside the door.
“None of these people were looking to buy a house, but when they see something of this high quality, they are ready to go.”
Wall said many of those who looked at the house had come from neighbouring Remuera. “You just can’t find a house like Ronaki Road there, all neat and tidy and done,” he said.
The top end of Auckland’s housing market has been busy over the summer. Earlier this week OneRoof reported the near-$17m off-market sale of a mansion in St Heliers and the sale of a Herne Bay trophy home that had, initially, been looking for more than $40m. The deals for both properties came together relatively fast, with the St Heliers property snapped up within seven days.
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Also selling within a matter of days was a luxury home on Glanville Terrace in Auckland’s Parnell. The five-bedroom home designed by Sumich Chaplin - the same architects behind Ronaki Road - sold for $12.5m in February.
Bayleys agent Gary Wallace, who deals in high-end homes in Auckland’s eastern suburbs, said the speed of the Ronaki Road property sale underscored the importance of quality in the current market.
Homes that ticked all the boxes “get the buyers straight away”, he said.
Barfoot & Thompson agent Paul Neshausen agreed but noted that such homes rarely hit the open market. “Massive houses that tick all those boxes for garaging, pool, tennis court are actually harder to find than you’d think,” he said.
The house has a large footprint. Photo / Supplied
The double-height lobby is a classic Sumich architecture signature. Photo / Supplied
OneRoof got a tour of the Ronaki Road property when it first hit the market last month.
The Lawrence Sumich-designed luxury mansion is six times the size of the average Kiwi house and sits on a street of similarly high-end properties.
The property has views of the beach, Rangitoto and the Waitematā Harbour that cannot be built out, with a canny series of purchases by previous owners and neighbours guaranteeing the property’s clear line of sight.
“This is what every wealthy Kiwi thinks of when they think of the dream property: Lawrence Sumich design, big house with plenty of garaging, the pool, the tennis court, the harbour views,” Wall told OneRoof last month.
Outside, the solid concrete walls are broken by dark stained shutters and wrapped in a tropical-style garden, the driveway disappearing down a side ramp so no garage doors dominate the facade. There is a separate guest bedroom studio tucked next to the main house, and the grand front door opens to the double-height entry lobby.
The library is one of two studies in the house. Photo / Supplied
The main living floor features a large living and dining room wrapped around the kitchen (which has the walk-in scullery with wine fridge, a waterfall stone island, and high-end appliances buyers expect at this level) and opens to the pool terrace, with a hidden changing room, and lawn - and those sea views.
Off the kitchen is a media room, the television hidden behind a sliding panel. For the kids, there is another huge games room with room for the billiards table, while the parents have his and hers offices: one a library lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, the other a regular office.
The house has been future-proofed for a full lift from the basement to the second floor, although the current owners have not needed to install one.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms. The master bedroom has a dreamy tile-lined ensuite with a tub that gets all the views, and there are his and hers walk-in closets and a balcony for morning coffee. There are three other bedrooms, each with walk-in closets and ensuite bathrooms with an art-filled hallway lit by a skylight.
Everywhere is stone, fine joinery in stained American oak, and generous stud heights the better to display a huge art collection.
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