The house on the proposed supermarket site at Three Brothers Corner is being sold for removal as the area is cleared for future development.
Summit Real Estate consultant Michelle Westrupp says the house is the “last man standing” on the site and is a well-known landmark beside the busy roundabout.
The house was built in 2001 as a showhome for The House Company and was initially only supposed to be there for a couple of years.
The top of the house was bolted onto the bottom so it could be taken apart and shifted more easily after it had served its purpose as a showhome.
But it has remained there for more than 20 years and used as a retail outlet for second-hand equestrian gear, then a rental property, before remaining vacant for the past couple of years.
She says there has been plenty of interest in the house because of the ability to lift and shift it easily, with prospective buyers eyeing it for vacant land or to add a second dwelling to a property.
Foodstuffs South Island has been clearing the 1.64ha site since January to activate the resource consent before it expired in March.
The company has owned the site on the corner of Bateup Rd and Gladstone Rd since 2007 and revealed its plans for a New World supermarket six years later.
In 2014 the Tasman District Council approved the rezoning of the land from residential to commercial and in 2016 granted consent for a 4,000 square metre supermarket and two retail tenancies.
In February, the company said the land was being prepared for future development and it has provided no updates on the proposed supermarket.
