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Nikki Preston
Relief as derelict gun shop snapped up for just over $270,000
Developer buys “as is, where is” property that neighbours wanted gone.

Diana Clement
‘Like living in a thermos flask’: Luxury home made of straw comes with walk-in cave
Vendors’ cavernous cellar built into the side hill.

Nikki Preston
Kim Dotcom denies buying $3.3m Dunedin mansion, but says he’s there till June
Agents and vendor decline to comment on reports that trophy home had sold.

Diana Clement
First-time buyer snaps up miner’s West Coast dome home for $365,000
Market is picking up in one of New Zealand’s cheapest towns.

Diana Clement
Racing duo’s extra-large manor for sale - comes with indoor climbing wall and 18-car garage
Current owners reveal the secrets of standout Canterbury estate.

Nikki Preston
Damaged Christchurch mansion sells for just $1.37m - almost $700,000 below RV
New owners haven’t decided whether to repair the home or demolish it.

Diana Clement
Hut owned by NZ’s ‘greatest painter’ for sale - will secrets inside send price sky high?
Bill Hammond’s Canterbury bolthole comes with his artwork.

Diana Clement
Monster house for sale - vendor jokes she ‘can’t find her husband’
Seven-bedroom Canterbury home comes with huge kitchen, indoor pool and dream workshop.

Nikki Preston
Iconic Christchurch home for sale after surviving the quakes
Sir Miles Warren classic is one of the few homes he designed still standing in the city.

Nikki Preston
Picton’s oldest house for sale - could you fill all eight bedrooms?
The grand home was built for the town’s first resident magistrate in 1863.

Nikki Preston
Buyer has 'ambitious plans' after snapping up 70s hot spot for over $1m
Island Motel is now a rental block earning more than $160,000 a year.

Nikki Preston
First-time buyers priced out of Queenstown find homes for under $1m - but there’s a catch
Agents report uptick in interest in district’s rural towns.

Diana Clement
Legendary Kiwi seafood restaurant Fleur’s Place for sale
Fleur Sullivan closed the famous seafood spot in 2021 due to Covid disruptions.

Diana Clement
‘As is, where is’ gamble - buyers hot for quake-damaged trophy home with $2m RV
Luxury home on coveted Christchurch street is uninsured.

Nikki Preston
Christchurch uni student, 23, busy building a multimillion-dollar property empire
He already has 14 townhouses under his belt and dozens more in the pipeline.

Nikki Preston
Kiwi nurse selling his ‘last resort’ bach for $97,000
West Coast holiday home has rustic charm and an outside loo.

Nikki Preston
Teachers who quit Auckland in disgust find buyers for their holiday park escape
Couple are returning to the classroom, but move south was the best thing they ever did.

Diana Clement
$12m in Herne Bay but what about Nelson? Antiques duo selling their 19th century mansion
Grand villa is a hit on Airbnb.