This bach in Cornwallis may not offer much at present, but agents say it is valuable because of what could be built there, now that it has planning consent. Photo / Janna Dixon
This bach in Cornwallis may not offer much at present, but agents say it is valuable because of what could be built there, now that it has planning consent. Photo / Janna Dixon
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Lengthy grass, a long-drop and a shed for $500,000 in West Auckland - a "retreat" according to the real estate firm behind the listing.
This 1017sq m section in Cornwallis, 15 minutes from the Titirangi shops, is being billed as a "special beach spot", the "opportunity of alifetime" and ideal for "those lazy summer holidays and fishing trips".
But some locals say that the asking price is extraordinary, considering you would be buying a section without even a proper toilet, and testament to just how fierce the Auckland property market has become - and how difficult it is to enter.
However Bayley's real estate agent Victoria Turner is not surprised at the half-million-dollar price tag.
"A lot of people are on my waiting list to get into Cornwallis, there are only 72 sections and 65 dwellings in the area," she said.
What made the property unique, she said, was that Waitakere City Council had granted resource consent to build a new house with greater height than the existing bach. "That has been really hard to get for the vendor, a struggle that has gone on for ages."
Consent plans are understood to allow for the new dwelling's floor to be built from where the existing bach's roof sits. Building from the plans would offer "amazing views" across the upper Manukau towards Auckland Airport and the Awhitu Peninsula, Turner said.
