- Bayleys Real Estate confirmed the sale of Andersons Cove, a luxury estate north of Auckland.
- The property is believed to have fetched over $40 million before the sale deadline.
- The estate features multiple luxury residences and was owned by the late David Nathan and his wife, Pamela.
Bayleys Real Estate has confirmed the sale of Andersons Cove, a multi-million-dollar coastal estate north of Auckland that has been lighting up social media feeds across the country.
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The real estate agency put the sold sticker on the luxury resort on Bream Tail Road in Langs Beach, Whangarei, on Saturday - two weeks before the offer deadline expired and less than a month after taking the property to the open market.
OneRoof asked the agency and the listing agents for comment, but had not heard back at the time of publication.
The sale was first reported by New Zealand Herald reporter Anne Gibson this week. It is likely one for the record books. Gibson's report chimed with what OneRoof has heard about the sale: that an expat had bought the property and that the sale price was over $40 million.
Chantecler, in Queenstown-Lakes, is New Zealand's most expensive house on record, selling for $45.5m in 2023. But how long will the record stand? Photo / New Zealand Herald
Could this be Auckland’s most expensive home? The Herberts' mansion on Cremorne Street, in Herne Bay, was seeking over $50m when it was on the market this year. Photo / Supplied
To set a new price record for New Zealand's residential market, the property would have to beat the $45.5m that Walker & Co agent Hamish Walker got in 2023 for Chantecler, a sprawling estate just outside of Queenstown.
It may also need to cross the psychologically significant $50m barrier. OneRoof reported last month that the Auckland mansion of rich-listers Simon and Paula Herbert had been withdrawn from the market, a week after the offer deadline passed.
The couple were looking for over $50m for the lavish 1075sqm, six-bedroom home, designed by celebrated architect Brent Hulena and occupying a prime waterfront position on Cremorne Street, in Herne Bay.
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The listing was with Wall Real Estate agents Graham and Ollie Wall. When OneRoof asked Graham Wall if the property had sold, he could not confirm or deny the sale.
“I cannot say a single word about it,” Wall said.
Andersons Cove was similarly looking for $50m, so there may be a head-to-head clash when sale prices are made public.
OneRoof wrote about the property when it hit the market in April. The resort was owned by Kiwi entrepreneur David Nathan, who died at the end of last year, and his wife Pamela.
They brought the resort to life over three decades and gave it an unmistakable Hawaii-type vibe.
The property is home to a collection of luxury residences situated amongst exquisitely landscaped gardens, manicured lawns, native bush and rolling pasture.
The grand, four-bedroom primary residence at Andersons Cove was designed by acclaimed New Zealand architect Andrew Patterson. Photo / Supplied
The Potting Shed is an elegant one-bedroom, self-contained luxury escape that is now rented out for $3250 a night to mainly overseas visitors. Photo / Supplied
The main home is a grand, four-bedroom retreat designed by acclaimed architect Andrew Patterson. There's also the Potting Shed, an elegant one-bedroom self-contained escape; Clifftops Lodge, a two-bedroom safari-style retreat, and The Boatshed, a three-bedroom dwelling on the water’s edge that also houses all the water toys.
Daughter Sarah told OneRoof that her parents had been searching for over 10 years for the right place.
“They had very specific requirements – Dad wanted riparian rights and absolute beachfront, with privacy as one of his top priorities, as well as wanting to be close to Auckland.”
They found out about the property purely by chance, and although it was just a humble Lockwood set amongst scrubby bush back then, it was love at first sight for David when the family went and had a look.
“After telling us to be cool, don’t get excited and not let on we like it, he completely lost his composure and said to the real estate agent, ‘I need to make this happen, we have to have it’,” she recalls.
When it came to briefing Patterson for the design of their new home, the Nathans, who were also extraordinarily private people, let the landscape do the talking.
Andersons Cove's Clifftops Lodge is an off-grid, safari-themed abode, with two bedrooms, four-poster beds and two luxury ensuites. Photo / Supplied
The estate has a secret garden of roses, a glade of nikau palms, an orange grove, a dam that’s home to white swans and ducks, and paddocks that are home to four Nigerian dwarf goats and Highland Cattle. Photo / Supplied
“They didn’t say much to him, just brought him up here and said, ‘we want something that is sympathetic to the landscape and the seascape, with Pacific roots – like Fiji and Hawaii’," Sarah said.
“He absolutely nailed the brief, Mum and Dad were blown away. But a condition of the commission was that Andrew never shared the design or entered it into any competitions, because they preferred to stay under the radar.”
Bayleys listing agent Duncan Ross told OneRoof last month that a property of this calibre in this position was rare. “You’ve got riparian rights and direct access to effectively your own private east coast beach, along with the 48 hectares that come with it. I haven’t come across anything like it myself, it’s phenomenal.
“We put it out to our database and have had a really good response, with both local and offshore interest. It’s also 25 minutes from Te Arai and Tara Iti.”
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