A separate Facebook post says other items taken included french doors, matai flooring, air conditioning units, and stainless steel sinks - “…but the sliding doors are the most identifiable.”
It says the doors are made from steel and UPCV and are the only ones of their type in New Zealand. Each weighs about 120 kilograms and is about two metres wide and two metres high.
“It takes a few people to lift these doors,” the post says. “A large truck or trailer was needed.”
Company owner Ivan Yukich, who was on holiday abroad at the time and returned home this week, said the sliding doors - imported new from China - are double-glazed and are distinct. Each one would have needed two people to do the lifting, and at least two truckloads would have been required for the removal.
He said there have been several burglaries in the area between Waitangi Rd and the railway line, and the word is out in search of the goods as police continue the investigation.
But he said: “It’s not just about us. It’s about the whole Awatoto area... It’s getting hit all the time.”
“I’ve been pretty lucky,” he said. “We have had the odd one in the past, but not of this scale. They targeted the higher-value stuff, and they were ruthless about the way they went about it.”
