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Target host Brooke Howard-Smith and his wife Amber Peebles have sold their Auckland investment property for 40 per cent above its valuation.
The couple made a $200,000 profit - less the $30,000 spent on renovations - in under three years.
They bought 684 Sandringham Rd for $640,000 in August 2010 and sold it at auction last week for $840,000.
Its 2011 valuation was $600,000.
Barfoot & Thompson agent Ryan Harding said about 100 groups went through during open homes.
Seven people bid on the three-bedroom home, and the winner was an overseas-based Asian man. It is understood he bought the property for a family member.
Howard-Smith, 40, and TV host Peebles, 29, a former Miss New Zealand and More FM radio host, repainted the home and put in a new bathroom while living in it.
They tried to sell it in July 2011 when looking for a new place to live.
"It's on an elevated site with fantastic views so it was money well spent when they did the refurbishment," Mr Harding said.
The 1920s 106sq m stucco home has a 567 sq m section and is close to transport links. It is zoned for Mt Albert Grammar School, Edendale School and Kowhai Intermediate.
The father and his three children were spotted in the Marokopa bush last month.