Six KiwiBuild houses in Northlake still on the market

Just four of the 10 KiwiBuild houses in Wanaka’s Northlake subdivision have been sold.

In November, Kiwibuild announced families were in the process of buying seven of the houses.

However, Kiwibuild spokesman Clint Smith told the Otago Daily Times yesterday: ‘‘as with all property sales, some of the time purchases don’t end up being completed’’.

For privacy reasons, he declined to say why sales did not go ahead.

The six unsold houses — four completed threebedroom houses and two completed twobedroom houses — are now on the market at prices ranging from $565,000 to $645,000.

The 10 Kiwibuild houses at Northlake were the first built outside Auckland and were initially offered in a ballot.

A lack of interest from buyers led to the ballot being extended by 10 days. A ballot is now not part of the sales process.

Housing Minister Phil Twyford announced in September 211 KiwiBuild homes would be built at Northlake over the following two years to provide young firsthome buyers with ‘‘a crack at affordable home ownership’’.