– Waterfront home built by NZ’s first celebrity sailor sells for $4.3m<\/a><\/p>\nRay White listing agent Fatima Ali said King and his family were overwhelmed with the result. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe vendors were in happy tears,” she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are over the moon\u2026. Buyer and seller shookhands \u2013 everyone is happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ray White Manukau co-owner Tom Rawson said it was a great result with King hugging the family who missed out and thanking the other bidders.<\/p>\n
Rawson was unsure of the developer’s exact plans for the site, but expected the house would be replaced with multiple dwellings similar to what was happening on the site next door.<\/p>\n
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Mike and Joanna King bought the house 11 years ago for $740,000. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
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A state-of-the-art kitchen was installed just before Covid. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
The sale means King and his wife Joanna can continue to look at opportunities to move to the country. <\/p>\n
King told OneRoof last month that the decision to step down from his role as executive director of the I Am Hope foundation to spend more time with his family meant he no longer needed to be close to the airport.<\/p>\n
King\u2019s job has him travelling around the country speaking to schools and raising funds for the charity he founded. He\u2019s on the road up to four times a week, but that ends when he steps down from the executive role and becomes ambassador for the charity.<\/p>\n
The Kings bought the property for $740,000 in 2014 thinking it would be their forever home. Over the years, the Kings have poured a lot of time and effort making it their own.<\/p>\n
The original 1950s cottage, which had undergone a massive extension in the early 2000s and still needed work when they bought it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything was a cheap Bunnings green. It didn\u2019t look the greatest, but I saw the potential of the whole place. It just needed a really good scrub up,” King said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sanded back every window, I\u2019ve painted the house twice. We\u2019ve done a lot there.\u201d<\/p>\n
They spent $90,000 on the property just before Covid, redoing all the floors and installing a state-of-the-art kitchen complete with a built-in hot water and sparkling water tap.<\/p>\n
The property was always a surprise for people who didn\u2019t realise how big it was until they stepped inside, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a gorgeous open-plan home with a separate courtyard and swimming pool area. It\u2019s got everything a young family needs \u2013 everything,\u201d King told OneRoof.<\/p>\n
While he would have liked to see it go to a family, he also knew there was a big possibility it would be developed.<\/p>\n
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