- Auckland’s smallest “house”, a 9sqm brick shed, sold for just under $200,000.
- The property, with an RV of $185,000, attracted multiple offers despite its heritage overlay and commercial zoning.
- Barfoot & Thompson agents encouraged buyers to “dream, design, and build” on the 33sqm section.
Auckland’s tiniest “house” has sold for just under $200,000.
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The 33sqm section on Tuarangi Road, in Grey Lynn, is occupied by a brick shed that’s 9sqm in size and once housed a pumping station for Auckland Gas Company.
The unusual property, which has an RV of $185,000, last sold in 2022 for $280,000 and came with plans to wrap a cool three-storey gallery and home around the shed.
Barfoot & Thompson listing agents Jacqui Vaughan-Kells and Kath Barnes told OneRoof they sold the property last week for the “current land value”.
The 33sqm section on Tuarangi Road was in a commercial zone. Photo / Supplied
“We actually had a lot of interest. Plenty of buyers spent time investigating what could potentially be done with the site, considering the heritage overlay and the commercial zoning,” Vaughan-Kells said.
She said there had been multiple offers made on the property.
In their listing, the agents called on buyers to unleash their creativity and “seize this rare opportunity to dream, design, and build”.
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OneRoof talked to the vendor in 2022, just after he bought the site for $280,000. He said that he wanted to create a family home on the site.
“I wanted some connection with [Auckland’s] heritage, I wanted Grey Lynn or Ponsonby or Parnell,” he said, adding that he’d also been drawn to the Orakei Basin boatsheds, but was disappointed to learn that they could not be turned into residences.
The buyer told OneRoof that he liked the designs drawn up by the previous owner with Hamish Stirrat, of Fabricate Architecture, and planned to extend the resource consent in order to line up finance for the project.
The Grey Lynn site was sold in 2022 with plans for a three-storey wonder, but the resource consent for the build has since expired. Photo / Supplied
Alas, plans changed, and the owner decided to sell.
The previous owners, retailer Cameron Woodcock and artist Gavin Hurley, had bought the plot in 2017 for $268,900 and planned to turn part of it into a gallery for Hurley’s work. They sold to focus on a project in Whanganui.
Vaughan-Kells told OneRoof last month that the site did not come with the old architectural plans. “People are looking at the old plans for a bit of an idea, but you’d need to do your own. It’s such a great little spot for an office or a food truck. We’ve had artists considering a gallery downstairs and potentially living upstairs,” she said.
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