- Tina Cross has relisted her Bayswater waterfront home, initially listed in 2024.
- The property is marketed above $5m, emphasising its unique features and waterfront access.
- Cross has a long history with the home, involved in its design and modernisation.
New Zealand entertainment icon Tina Cross has quietly relisted her waterfront Auckland home.
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The pop star first listed 17 Lansdowne Street, in Bayswater, on the North Shore, in 2024, but pulled it from the market last winter after failing to find a buyer.
New Zealand Sotheby’s International agent Pene Milne told OneRoof that the property was being marketed to the company’s international buyers – but not with its “ridiculous” RV of $4.75m.
“I’m definitely suggesting to people it is north of $5m, not less than. This at least gives some guidance.”
Cross, far right, with her Lady Killers bandmates Jackie Clarke, left, and Suzanne Lynch, centre. Photo / Dean Purcell
Cross wows the crowds at a concert in the mid-2000s. Photo / Getty Images
She said Cross’ home was “remarkably special”.
“I love it, it’s a very special little slice of Auckland there. You have got the ferry just there for people who like to get across to the city for work. The house is set up for a family, because it has got the boat ramp, you can kayak and do every water sport you want from there.”
Cross talked to OneRoof about the property in 2024 and revealed that her history with the address dated back to her early days in entertainment.
“It [the property] was owned by my dearest friend, Penny Maich, and her husband, Jack. I happened upon Penny in the early days of my career, when I walked into her store on Victoria Street called The Case is Altered,” she said.
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“It was the start of an incredible friendship. She started making all my costumes, including the one for the Pacific Song Contest, which was the biggie for me.”
That competition launched her career, although today Cross is better known for her supergroup, The Lady Killers, with Jackie Clarke and Suzanne Lynch, and her star turn on the 2008 season of Dancing with the Stars.
She said that she had spent many hours at her friends’ old house, an original bungalow. “It was the most incredible property; I remember thinking this was amazing, and that I’d love to do a photoshoot or a video down here. I did do a couple of Women’s Weekly covers there. I danced in that living room.
The house is described by the listing agent as a "very special little slice of Auckland". Photo / Supplied
Cross bought the property in 2004 but didn’t carry out the rebuild until after Covid. Photo / Supplied
“I never dreamed I’d be in a position to buy it,” Cross said, adding that her friends had owned the place for over 40 years before offering it to her in 2004 for just over $1.3m.
Cross and her then-husband, Wayne Sullivan, didn’t do anything with the site until 2020, when they decided to go ahead with the rebuild.
Although she hasn’t lived there, Cross was closely involved in the design of the kitchen and living spaces. The house, which was built on the floorplate of the original bungalow, was designed to have a separate living space, with an ensuite bathroom and kitchenette on the ground floor.
“We kept so much of the character of the house, including the outdoor covered terrace. Penny and Jack called it the lanai. She had an incredible kind of island style; at one point, it had a Japanese vibe,” Cross said.
“I would describe the home now as ‘elegant beach house’. I don’t consider it sophisticated; to me, it feels like a completely modern house. It’s simplistic and very modern.”
The four-car garage has room for plenty of water toys, Cross said. “The deck and garden, they’re absolutely private, you could lounge and watch the water, you can see the Harbour Bridge. You can actually fish off the outdoor area.
“I don’t believe there’s another home like it.”
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