Muriwai Beach - home to 1000 gannets and 1400 people - is the latest coastal village to feel the hot breath of the property boom.
Sunday, September 28th 2003, 5:18AM
by The Landlord
Residents of the west Rodney village are astonished by the high prices fetched at two house auctions last weekend, one setting a record for the area.
The house at 11 Ngatira Rd, which has views out to sea and the gannet colony, sold at auction for $750,000 last Saturday, double the valuation set for rating purposes two years ago.
Then, on Sunday, a house with sea views but farther inland at 48 Domain Cres, fetched $652,000.
