PHOTO: Tenby Powell & Sharon Hunter
It took three years to sell, but one of Auckland’s top waterfront properties has fetched $17.68 million.
The price has now been disclosed for the sale last year of the David Ponting-designed Westmere house formerly owned by ex-Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell and his wife, PC Direct founder and entrepreneur Sharon Hunter.
The Rawene Avenue property was sold by Sarah Liu of Bayleys Remuera.
It was originally listed with Wall Real Estate with price expectations “around $20 million”.
In September 2016, Powell and Hunter rented the four-bedroom, five-bedroom house out to action-movie star Jason Statham while he was in New Zealand filming the killer shark movie Meg.
The house has also been visited by Prince Albert of Monaco and his glamorous wife Princess Charlene, and has been used as a glamorous venue for functions.
The house, which has a 2017 valuation of $12,750,000, sits on a huge site of 1978 square metres, with expansive views across the harbour to the west. Its current price estimate by homes.co.nz is $20.9 million.
Hunter and Powell have expressed their thanks to their listing agent, saying: “Sarah understood that it would be a unique family who would fall in love with our property, and that it might be a journey to find them. Sarah maintained an unwavering love and passion for our home, and a belief that one day the right family would come along.”
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