Western Springs

 

PHOTO: BARFOOT & THOMPSON The house, in Springfield Street, Western Springs, has been abandoned after the tenants did a runner. The owner wants to travel shortly and needs it sold.

The tenants did a runner and the owner wants out. And it appears everyone wants a do-up.

This abandoned three-bedroom villa in Western Springs has only been listed for sale for a few hours but already several hundred people have been lured by a very blunt, “tell it like it is” listing by Jim Murray of Barfoot and Thompson Grey Lynn.

“I decided not to do my usual writing on this one,” Murray says. “It’s a bit of a dog’s breakfast, so I thought I would just go with some harsh truths about the house.”

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