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A home that originally housed members of the Royal NZ Airforce landed in Manly recently after relocation from Hobsonville.
Developers Stefan Maddock and his father Steve purchased four of the houses, which were once part of Hobsonville airbase. They will all be placed on a site on the corner of Whangaparaoa and Brandon Roads.
Stefan says he jumped at the chance to purchase the three-bedroom houses, which cost $60,000 each, delivered to site. They each sit on around 300sqm of land.
He is unsure how old they are, but found a newspaper in the wall from 1962. Some of the houses that were on the former airbase date from the 1930s.
They are solidly built of native timbers and Stefan says they were well maintained by the airforce – “I’m confident there’s no P testing required!” he says.
He says, as a local family, they wanted to offer houses that suit the first home-buyer end of the market. He expects they will sell for around $600,000–$650,000 each.
“A site and homes like this are hard to find in Whangaparaoa,” he says. “The next generation is leaving because they can’t afford to buy here.”
By the end of this month, Stefan says that the two houses at the back of the site should be refurbished and ready for sale, and the other two should be complete in April.
