Shortland Street star finally sells her Auckland ‘mansion’ after relenting on price
Former Shortland Street actress Lynette Forday has sold her Auckland home for $2.65 million after initially listing it for $2.75 million. She plans to downsize to a smaller property in Grey Lynn now that her children have grown up.
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This reflects local real estate market trends in New Zealand and the personal lifestyle adjustments of public figures.
Share twitter Share linkedin Share link Former Shortland Street star Lynette Forday on Celebrity Treasure Island in 2022. Photo / Supplied - Lynette Forday sold her Auckland home for $2.65m after listing it for $2.75m.
- Forday bought the sprawling Westmere property in 2012 for just over $1.2m.
- She plans to downsize now that her children are grown and has described the home as a “fairyland”.
Former Shortland Street star and Celebrity Treasure Island contestant Lynette Forday has sold her Auckland “mansion” for just over $2.6 million, OneRoof can reveal.
Actor Forday, who made her name as the straight-talking Dr Grace Kwan in the long-running TVNZ soap, brought the sprawling six-bedroom property on West View Road, in the wealthy suburb of Westmere, to market in May last year.
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