NZ Property Investor

UNLIKELY SUCCESS

It’s not common for an investor to be happy about a project that they made a five-figure loss on. But Ramin Tavakoli counted it as a win when his radical renovation in East Auckland sold.

“Everyone told me that it couldn’t be done, I was happy to prove them wrong!”

The general manager of Maintain to Profit East Auckland estimates that he’s done hundreds of renovations over the years. These renos span the globe: Iran, Belgium, Slovakia, France and here in New Zealand. But the run-down Mediterranean wannabe in Weymouth was particularly

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