Room ForTwo ! Dom's Bachelor Pad

- Ashleigh Mcenaney

When Dominic Bowden was living the high life in Los Angeles, the state of the property market back home in New Zealand was the last thing on his mind.

Before jetting to Tinseltown almost a decade ago to pursue his career in the world’s entertainment capital, our A-list Insider and the host of The Bachelor New Zealand sold his inner-city Auckland home, leaving him with a tidy sum in the bank.

“For those 10 years I was away from home, I was purely focused on my work and really making a name for myself in LA,” explains Dom, 39, who juggled gigs as a backstage presenter on Dancing with the Stars USA and a correspondent for the E! channel. “But for ages, I had Mum and Dad in my ear, nagging me not to fall off the property ladder back home. They strongly suggested I invest in a home in Auckland.”

In 2016, while still in California, Dom finally heeded his parents’ advice and purchased a spacious two-bedroom apartment in Herne Bay, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour.