- An Auckland buyer purchased a Wellington mansion in a mortgagee sale for an undisclosed price.
- The four-bedroom Arts and Crafts home on Brougham Street attracted multiple offers, indicating strong interest.
- The property, renovated by Diana Potter and Richard Burrell, was initially listed for offers over $5.995m.
A Wellington mansion that was originally on the market for almost $6m has sold for an undisclosed price in a mortgagee sale.
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The stylish four-bedroom Arts and Crafts mansion on Brougham Street, in Mt Victoria, first hit the market last year after a mammoth renovation.
The property failed to sell and Bayleys Wellington was appointed to sell the property on behalf of the mortgagee in April this year.
It has now been updated online as sold, but the exact sale price will not be publicly available until after settlement.
The home was renovated throughout with the help of an architect. Photo / Supplied
It was eventually bought for an undisclosed price by an Auckland-based buyer. Photo / Supplied
Bayleys listing agent Ben Atwill, who marketed it with colleague Ann Curtis, declined to comment on the sale.
However, when it was first listed in June last year, the property was seeking buyer enquiry over $5.995 million – well above the RV of $3.92m.
OneRoof profiled the home last year and talked to one of the owners, acclaimed Wellington designer Diana Potter. She said she and her husband, property developer Richard Burrell, had carried out a top-to-toe renovation of the mansion, which they bought in 2017 for $2.5m.
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Property documents show the house was solely owned by Potter when it was listed as a mortgagee sale.
Potter said the couple had just completed the restoration of a neighbouring historic home on the same street and were looking for a new challenge.
“We were quite happy, but then I quite like a new project,” Potter told OneRoof. “I’m quite hands-on and one day Richard came back and said he heard [111 Brougham] was on the market.”
The property they took on was a challenge. It was built in the 1900s by famed architect Samuel Hurst Seager, but over the years it had been split into flats and then converted into a support centre for people with disabilities.
The house was designed by architect Samuel Hurst Seager in the early 1900s and has an RV of $3.92m. Photo / Supplied
Walls had been added, and original character features had been removed.
“Some of the panelling had been mucked around with, but there was good panelling in the hallway,” Potter said last June.
The couple worked with an architect to restore the Arts and Crafts “charm” and put a modern extension at the back. “In the front, the portico went, and that left us able to add two garages,” Potter said.
“I downloaded English paint charts from the year the house was built and took the colours from there. The colours at the front of the house, where the wood is darker, are stronger, while the colours at the back of the house, which is modern, are lighter.”
The 442sqm home boasted a wine cellar, two large living areas including a library with a fireplace, a media room, landscaped gardens, a heated swimming pool and a home office, all on a 845sqm section.
Potter told OneRoof at the time that they were selling to downsize.
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