{"id":606839,"date":"2026-09-21T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/606839\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:28:11","slug":"herne-bay-villa-linked-to-chris-meehan-sells-for-14m-in-off-market-deal-all-things-property-under-oneroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/606839\/","title":{"rendered":"Herne Bay villa linked to Chris Meehan sells for $14m in off-market deal, All things property, under OneRoof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Auckland house linked to multi-millionaire property developer Chris Meehan has been sold for $14 million, property records show.<\/p>\n<p>The Herne Bay property owned by Speargrass Holdings, the company controlled by Meehan, his wife Michaela and lawyer Jeremy Johnson, formally changed hands last week to a company called Greymouth Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>The deal took place off-market. OneRoof understands that Wall Real Estate agency handled the sale.<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling villa on Herne Bay Road was acquired by Speargrass Holdings in 2018 and has an RV of $6.8m.<\/p>\n<p>Start your property search<\/p>\n<p>Find your dream home today.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-orange w-full mt-10 md:mt-0 !text-white !no-underline md:!w-100\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/search\/houses-for-sale\/region_all-new-zealand-1_page_1?utm_source=internal&amp;utm_medium=news_article&amp;utm_campaign=in_article_search\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OneRoof reached out to Meehan for comment. Wall Real Estate declined to comment on the sale.<\/p>\n<p>According to QV records, which noted a market sale for $14m at the end of May this year, the 404sqm villa has five bedrooms, two bathrooms and sits on a 981sqm section.<\/p>\n<p>At $14m, the sale price is among the highest for a non-waterfront home in Herne Bay. Last year, a villa on the same street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/herne-bay-villa-sells-for-15m-almost-6m-above-rv-after-just-one-week-48938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">got $15m<\/a>, in a deal also brokered by Wall Real Estate. <\/p>\n<p>Discover more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/50229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8211; \u2018I\u2019m going to lose money\u2019: Jay-Jay Feeney selling her chic apartment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/50182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8211; Shortland Street\u2019s bad boy has a bold fix for Auckland&#8217;s apartment slump<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/50195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8211; Revealed: The 22 homes that have sold for more than $10m this year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listing agents Graham and Ollie Wall told OneRoof at the time that there was a lot of interest in the five-bedroom home, which sold within a week of hitting the open market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/sacred-heart-old-boy-paid-38m-for-rich-listers-waterfront-mansion-49384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The top price in the suburb overall is $38m<\/a>, which Bayleys agent Edward Pack got last year for rich-lister property developer Kurt Gibbons\u2019 waterfront mansion on Marine Parade.<\/p>\n<p>On the market in the same price bracket as Meehan\u2019s villa is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/news\/watch-inside-the-modern-villa-aiming-to-reset-prices-in-nzs-wealthiest-suburb-49177\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">luxury new-build at 15 Hamilton Road<\/a>. The property, built by developer Simon Dunlop, features high-end craftsmanship, a pool, gym, sauna, and a Japanese-style courtyard and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/property\/auckland\/herne-bay\/15-hamilton-road\/M5KVk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">listed with Bayleys agent Nick Gilbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Meehan has resigned as director and CEO of Winton. Photo \/ Dean Purcell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d5850748c4aeb05e9a6cc0a1d4684297.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption\">Developer Simon Dunlop is selling his four-bedroom new-build villa at 15 Hamilton Road, in Auckland\u2019s Herne Bay. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The sale comes amid scrutiny of Meehan\u2019s conduct at his development company, Winton Land. Earlier this month, he resigned as director of Winton, following a board exodus and allegations of harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Meehan, who founded Winton and is its majority shareholder, resigned as chief executive and chairman in July after the company launched an investigation into his behaviour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.co.nz\/2026\/08\/28\/women-tell-how-political-donor-chris-meehan-sexually-harassed-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to reports in Newsroom<\/a>, Meehan has been accused of harassing staff members at his companies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneroof.co.nz\/search\/houses-for-sale\/suburb_herne-bay-1850_page_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8211; Click here to find more properties for sale in Herne Bay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Auckland house linked to multi-millionaire property developer Chris Meehan has been sold for $14 million, property records&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,1258,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-606839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-latest-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}