The six-bedroom heritage homestead in Takapuna that had been passed on to the oldest daughter in the family for 128 years was bought by a family who are staying true to its historic family tradition.
The 26 Killarney Rd property, only blocks from one of the top beaches on Auckland's North Shore sold for $1.567m. The buyers' oldest daughter will be living in it.
Harcourts agent Kris Cunningham, who was marketing the property, called it a “crazy” auction. The auction was brought a week forward to November 14 and had five strong bidders.
It’s great the homestead will maintain the tradition of oldest daughters living in it, he says.
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“She will do the renovations and then find flatmates to move in with her."
26 Killarney Rd property is only blocks from one of the top beaches on Auckland's North Shore.
Constructed in 1890, this Heritage Category B house must be kept on the Killarney St site with no major changes done to the building.
The building has its original grand front door, bay windows and front verandah, while inside panelled ceilings, many sash windows and some of the six fireplaces are all original or later Victorian.
Despite the $2m CV, of which just $100,000 is the house value, the owners are happy with the $1.567m deal, Cummingham says
“The CV doesn’t mean much here because it’s a heritage property and you can’t develop it.”
The current owner has had the house for 30 years and she didn’t get married or had children to pass it to, so she was selling it and moving to the USA, Cunningham says.
The house is configured into a main home with four bedrooms, two living rooms, a bathroom and a second flat with two attic bedrooms, two living areas (or a third bedroom) and a bathroom.
It was a home to Pumphouse engineer Frank Moren. His daughter Hilda, and her husband Rudall Hayward, who is considered a pioneer in NZ film making, inherited it and then it was passed through the family.
