PHOTO: SUPPLIED The buyer will have to wait until level 3 before they can enter their new home.
A Wellington home has sold during lockdown with no viewings.
City Living Real Estate agent Chris Barnes said it’s one of a handful of properties to sell during the country’s strictly limited alert level 4 coronavirus lockdown.
“This one was a little bit different because we already had all the staging and photography done in advance before the Government announcement,” Barnes said.
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“At the time, we really didn’t know what we were in for … but we could certainly see things brewing.”
Barnes said usually they’d encourage viewings – but at alert level 4 real estate agents cannot legally access properties.
The company realised the lockdown was coming and worked to get the listing sale-ready, Barnes said.
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