- A beachside property used by disgraced dentist David Zimmerman sold for $880,000 at a mortgagee sale.
- Zimmerman was fined for botching operations and practising while banned, causing significant harm to patients.
- The property, used for illegal dental work, sold below its RV of $1.575 million after 27 bids.
A beachside property used by a back-alley dentist sold last week for $880,000 at a mortgagee sale.
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The three-bedroom home on Vipond Road, in Auckland's Stanmore Bay, was snapped up after 27 bids and 30 minutes of auction drama.
The property was linked to disgraced dentist David Zimmerman, who was recently fined for botching a woman’s operation and practising while banned.
The New Zealand Herald reported that Zimmerman had pulled the wrong tooth from a woman without proper anaesthesia, leaving her with pain that was “off the charts”.
The Dental Council had previously found him incompetent and guilty of putting patients at risk.
David Zimmerman at North Shore District Court. His house and clinic is being auctioned in a mortgagee sale. Photo / Jason Dorday
The premises in Stanmore Bay, in North Auckland, from where Zimmerman provided dental services in a room at his home. Image / Google
The Vipond Street property had been used by Zimmerman for his illegal dental work.
It hit the market last month as a mortgagee sale, with Barfoot & Thompson listing agents Philip Davis and Malcolm Parker describing as having "beachy vibes".
It took 30 minutes for the property to hit $880,000, with the bids coming in slow and steady. The sale was well below the RV of $1.575m.
OneRoof records show it last changed hands in 2003 for $545,000.
Barfoot & Thompson's listing on OneRoof said the 250sqm property "comprises a two-level home constructed of board and batten with a portion of weatherboard cladding, iron roofing and aluminium joinery, positioned on a frontage site zoned single house".
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“From an exterior viewing, an office is attached to the right with its own separate entrance. A concrete driveway offers ample off-street parking.
“Local beaches, schooling, and shops are only a short drive away.”
No interior shots of the property were shown.
According to Herald reporting, Zimmerman declared on his website that patients could expect treatment “in a caring and safe environment”.
“We believe in providing treatment that allows the body to heal by itself, reducing the need for surgery and producing long-term results,” the website reads.
“Pain can become a constant companion, but it doesn’t have to be that way.”
The listing for the Vipond Road property showed only photos of the outside of the house. Photo / Supplied
At Zimmerman’s sentencing, Judge Paul Murray described the impact of his surgery as “wide-ranging and serious”.
One woman needed remedial work done on an “excessively painful” filling which never settled afterwards, court documents showed.
And another needed stitches for a hole in her cheek from a suction hose during a wisdom tooth extraction.
A fourth woman was concerned about the apparently poor state of Zimmerman’s surgical equipment.
She bled during treatment and had a “distressing and frightening” wait for blood test results after. A fifth was at a low point in her life when she got treatment from Zimmerman, but it left her feeling worse.
In March 2023, a ministry’ enforcement team helped police in a search of Zimmerman’s premises.
He was present and when given his Bill of Rights, he showed police a “Sovereign National of Aotearoa” identity card, according to a summary of facts to the court.
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