Ray White Real Estate agent Brendan (Big Red) Shefford said Hansen’s 520 sq m, five-bedroom house which sits on 2.87ha of land in Prebbleton was sold just before Christmas above its rateable value of $2.65 million.
He said the property at Hamptons Rd was bought by a retired farming couple.
It was passed in at an auction at the start of November and had been on the market for 10 weeks.
It also has 32 solar panels that power the underfloor heating.
Hansen, who became a Knight in the New Year Honours list, stepped down as All Blacks coach when his contract expired following the team’s elimination from the Rugby World Cup in Japan. He will take over as coach for Japanese Top League club Toyota Verblitz.
The large, open-plan family living area that opens onto a deck with views across the lake to the mountains spent a week on the market before being sold.
- By Louis Day
