THE KIWI DREAM

Auction: ZGUP6EE599WA68LVIVZC on Tuesday 26 December 2023 at 5:30AM (unless sold prior)

Do you remember the days when the Kiwi dream was to own an affordable, traditional home on a quarter-acre section?

Well, those days are back - or at least will be for one lucky person, when they secure 509 Oruarangi Rd.

Yes, is it a traditional home - a 100-year-old weatherboard bungalow, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge open plan living / kitchen and an extra attic room to use as a study / playroom / hobby room. The living and one of the bedrooms open to a huge deck where countless family parties have been hosted over the decades.

Yes, it's a quarter-acre section, just about, at 989 m2 (more or less), mainly made up of one large flat lawn, where the kids can kick the ball about or build a den under one of the trees, watched over by the adults from the expansive deck.

Is it affordable? Well, there aren't too many other places in Auckland - if any - where you can buy a large weatherboard house, with plentiful flat, freehold land, at an entry-level price.

The location will surprise you - it's rural, it's coastal, yet it's only a 20km drive to the heart of the city. It's also just a few minutes to the airport.

You're also buying a slice of kiwi musical history- the vendors' son, founder of rock band Steriogram, wrote the 2004 hit single 'Walkie Talkie Man' while bunking down in the sleepout at the back of the property.

Now, after 27 years, the vendors have packed up the guitars and relocated to Australia.

So... put the kids in the car, throw in a ball and we'll see you at an Open Home when we can show you that the Kiwi Dream really could be yours.

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