– An Auckland apartment sold for $123,456.78 after the buyer insisted on his lucky numbers.<\/p>\n
– The buyer, an Auckland businessman, previously paid $1,234,567 for a North Shore home.<\/p>\n
– City Sales manager Scott Dunn said the offer was unusual but accepted by the vendor.<\/p>\n
An Auckland apartment has been snapped up for an unusual amount, after an investor declared he would only buy it if the sale price included his lucky numbers.<\/p>\n
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Search<\/a><\/p>\n The two-bedroom unit on Symonds Street, in Auckland Central, had an asking price $140,000 plus GST, but the buyer negotiated it down to his winning sequence: $123,456.78. <\/p>\n City Sales manager Scott Dunn told OneRoof that the buyer \u201cstrongly believed these numbers bring him luck\u201d, noting that a few years earlier, he paid $1,234,567 for a family home on the North Shore.<\/p>\n Dunn said the buyer, an Auckland businessman, was very clear that his offer of $123,456.78 was the only one he would make; it had to be that sequence or nothing.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very firm on his offer because the numbers were very important to him,\u201d Dunn told OneRoof.<\/p>\n Discover more:<\/p>\n – \u2018People jump on them\u2019: Luxury Christchurch apartments selling fast for big money<\/a><\/p>\n – Historic chapel for sale after lengthy court fight and $7m-plus restoration<\/a><\/p>\n – Hollywood stars hot for Waiheke’s ‘Cold War bolthole’ and the NDAs are flying<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt was his first and only offer, and if it were countered, it would not have gone to this buyer. He was only interested in buying it for this exact number.\u201d<\/p>\n Dunn said his vendor thought the offer, with its numbers in sequence, was a \u201cbit ridiculous\u201d, but it was also at a level she was happy to accept.<\/p>\n The agent admitted that his office had initially questioned whether the deal was for real because it was such an unusual request. \u201cI have never seen an offer with decimal points \u2013 ever \u2013 in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n