Buying a house for $80,000 in a heated Auckland market seems beyond belief, but an Auckland property developer has done just that. Although there was no land to go with it.
Profit from the two bedroom house's sale, plus a $5000 fee to move it anywhere in the Auckland region, was donated by vendor Craig Walker to a foundation that supports Massey High School and its pupils.
The former pupil and Kumeu businessman gifted the 65sq m house as a way of giving back to the community.
Mr Walker attended Massey High as one of its founding students in 1969, and is the deputy chairman of the Massey High School Foundation.
Along with the sale price of the house, he will also donate the $5000 fee charged for delivering it from his business Craig Walker Building.