Te Atatu Peninsula

PHOTO: JASON DORDAY/HOMED Rosie and Daniel Deans of Harcourts Northwest Realty, pictured with daughter Mila, 2, had three offers in three days for this three-bedroom house on a shared driveway in Rewarewa Avenue, Te Atatu Peninsula. The Deans live in the suburb themselves and say it is especially popular with young families.

Te Atatu Peninsula is a suburb in the midst of a real estate boom.

And it’s all thanks to the huge demand from young families for those well-built, three-bedroom weatherboard homes from the ’50s and ’60s.

You can still get a full section in Te Atatu Peninsula, but possibly not for too much longer as developers buy houses in bulk and replace them with townhouse and apartment developments.

This three-bedroom house in Ward Street had 20 offers following the first open home, and was sold by Barfoot & Thompson to a young family for more than $1 million.
JASON DORDAY/HOMEDThis three-bedroom house in Ward Street had 20 offers following the first open home, and was sold by Barfoot & Thompson to a young family for more than $1 million.

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