Maggie Barry and Grant Kerr at their Pt Chevalier home, which sold below its valuation. Photo / APN
North Shore MP Maggie Barry's waterfront home in Pt Chevalier has sold at auction for $1.41 million.
The Herald can also reveal that the former gardening show host and her partner, Grant Kerr, have bought a property in Stanley Bay so they can move into her North Shore electorate, where
she says she wants to "represent her constituents effectively".
The Pt Chevalier property - a four-bedroom 1990s stucco house at 96a Harbour View Rd - sold below its valuation of $1.71 million.
Mr Kerr, a former lawyer, watched the bidding from the back of the Bayleys auction room and congratulated the new owners before popping a bottle of champagne and phoning Ms Barry, who was in Wellington, to tell her the result.
Of the sale price, he told the Herald: "It's fair. I think that within the $500,000 to $1.2 million range, property prices are hot as hell. But above that, it's a bit more stable."
