Kingsland property

PHOTO: RAY WHITE The Bakers know they have a big job to do on the villa to return it to its original splendour.

Demand for rundown do-up villas in Auckland seems as great as ever post-lockdown.

Clarke and Kelsey Baker have just spent $1.14 million on this Kingsland fixer-upper that’s just three doors along from their existing home in the same street.

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And they were the “lucky ones”. Tim Hawes of Ray White Kingsland says he had nine offers on the property: “This meant eight parties went away disappointed and will now be looking elsewhere.”

The Bakers say they are looking forward to the challenge of renovating the house they have walked past on numerous occasions.
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The Bakers say they are looking forward to the challenge of renovating the house they have walked past on numerous occasions.

Clarke, a doctor, and Kelsey, a communications adviser currently spending time at home with their 18-month-old daughter Aesa, have just sold their home (also through Ray White), which they redecorated, but the project they are now facing is much bigger.

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