Sam and Sheree Arnet who bought in Arohanui Estate, Vaughan Rd. Photo/Stephen Parker
Sam and Sheree Arnet who bought in Arohanui Estate, Vaughan Rd. Photo/Stephen Parker
After looking to buy a house for months, Samuel and Sheree Arnet finally gave up, instead deciding to buy a section and build new.
"When we did find something that we were happy to buy and do up, it nearly always ended up being a multi-offer, and we missedout time and time again," Samuel Arnet said.
"We'd been looking for a bit over a year at houses and were trying to look at the under $400,000 mark ... but there wasn't really anything. We felt like all these properties were too expensive for what they were giving.
"We thought for that money we may as well buy and build brand new as opposed to buy, do it up and still be left with an old house."
Arnet said a benefit to building new was that they knew the whole history of the house.
He said although buying a section and building a new home was more expensive than buying an older, existing house, the couple negotiated for the section and managed to buy it for $205,000.
"It's a nice area and it was in the price range we could afford.