Sold! Gupta Saxonwold compound fetches R34.5m
Park Village Auctions announced the successful sale of the properties on numbers 3, 5 and 7 Saxonwold Drive and their contents, comprising furniture and appliances. The sale price was inclusive of buyer's commission and VAT.
PVA's Clive Lazarus said the buyer also purchased number 7A Saxonwold Drive for R6.5m, including buyer's commission and VAT separately. This was not part of the Gupta assets.
'The Business Rescue Practitioners are satisfied with this outcome, as is PVA. The sale signifies how we, with the BRPs, will be relentless in reclaiming funds owed to creditors,' said Lazarus.
The total value of all the properties had been listed at R64m in presale advertising.
When the bigger two homes failed to sell at auction and the smaller one only received an offer well below perceived market value, the auctioneers decided to adopt a private sale process.
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