Christchurch ’s house price record has tumbled for the second time in less than a month after a large property in the hillside suburb of Scarborough sold off.
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Real estate agent Aaron Pero of Harcourts, who is marketing The Spire development for Countrywide, said he could not publicly identify the buyers, except to say they were a couple with a labrador who originally visited the building to see an $800,000 apartment.
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How the completed Spire apartments could look. “Then we went up to look at the big one. It’s the ultimate up-sell. They have sold up in the suburbs and wanted somewhere in the city.” Pero said the building’s sub-penthouse, being sold for about $3.1m, had also recently gone under offer. Other luxury apartments on the fifth and sixth floors were sold before the tower was built.
Apartment living has become more sophisticated, community-oriented, inspiring and attractive to buyers of all ages. The developer of upcoming Auckland apartment building The Pacifica, at 10-12 Commerce Street, has gotten the memo. Its PR says, The Pacifica will “exist as a vertical community”, with facilities for exercise and relaxation, including a community terrace, and a community and entertainment space on another level. The International in Princes St, is another trend-setter, a former commercial building redeveloped as apartments. “There is no wasted space in these apartments. In houses, there are a lot of hallways, whereas these apartments have big open plan living areas with lots of light,” says the development’s agent, Ross Hawkins, from Ray White Black Group.