EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Due to the Auckland property boom, Evie and Sam’s unrelenting search on the North Shore, where they were originally based, hadn’t got them very far. In response, Evie shifted her mindset and expanded her quest for the ideal home to include Auckland’s southern suburbs.
“We’ve lived on the North Shore almost for ever, and were trying to buy a home there but kept being outbid by more and more as prices went crazy. I undertook a pretty general and desperate search for any suitable house in Auckland and this one came up.”
The home ticked every emotional and aesthetic box and, despite continuing their north-of-the-bridge search, Evie kept coming back to this house, located in far-off Manurewa.
“It looked amazing and I kept gazing at the photos, but as it wasn’t in our desired location, we didn’t bother with it. Weeks went by but I couldn’t forget it, so I told Sam that we needed to go and see it in person so I could get over my obsession.”
However, as soon as the couple stepped inside, they were totally smitten. “It really felt like this was ‘the one’ and nothing else would ever be right,” says Evie. “We bought it at auction with no competition and that was that.”