A run down 675 sq metre Glenfield property on Auckland's North Shore has just sold for $1.1 million.

The property listing for 210 Archers Rd, in Auckland's Glenfield, is refreshingly honest.

The description of the run down house reads: "The letterbox is hidden... the trees are over-grown... the weeds are high... the lawn is not mowed... the house is neglected."

When you come to visit "wear your boots," the listing advises.

Bayleys Realestate The bargain buy included the vendors' raggedy furniture and leftover food.

It leaks. It comes with the previous owner's possessions, which includes packet noodles, six 1.5 litres bottles of coke, and hundreds of back copies of the North Shore Times. The only access to the overgrown lawn is through the toilet. It is in a great location if you need new tyres.

And on Thursday it sold for $1.1 million.

Sitting on 675 sqm the neglected original 1960s three bedroom weatherboard bungalow had a CV $600,000. Even in the current environment no one had predicted it would go this high.

There were 25 registered bidders at the auction and the final $100,000 of bidding, up to the $1.1 million purchase price, went up $1,000 at a time.

The auctioneer was unimpressed by the vendor couldn't be happier.

"I have an ecstatic vendor. He wasn't expecting anything like that, the appraisal figures didn't stack up to $1.1 million. I think the market is craving for a do up opportunity," said agent Joan Barton, from Bayleys North Shore.

The buying spectrum was huge. There were first home buyers who thought it was a good opportunity to get into the double Westlake zone. And there were developers who under the existing plan could build on three 200sqm sites.

"It's possible it can be renovated," said Barton.