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‘Cardboard’ Cathedral architect offered to design reverend’s home for free
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (995+ words) - Craig Dixon’s Bryndwr home, influenced by Shigeru Ban, is now listed for sale. - Ban offered to design Dixon’s house free, but his U-shaped sketches influenced its final design. The Anglican priest who brought the Cardboard Cathedral to Christchurch has a…...
Stylish art deco live-and-work premises
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (519+ words) A historic art deco retail and workshop showroom premises – complete with a completely renovated modern metropolitan-styled apartment above – in the heart of a rural Waikato town has been placed on the market for sale. The heritage-based designer two-storey J.A....
Mother-daughter duo take on 1900s villa rebuild - ‘we needed to give its dignity back’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (521+ words) Previously configured as a seven-bedroom rental with a floor plan adapted over many years, this home in sought-after Rose Road – just around the corner from Ponsonby’s boutiques, cafes and restaurants – had definitely seen better days when mother-daughter duo Pauline Preen…...
Couple list their multimillion-dollar dream home after winning fight to lift hazard notice
3+ week, 1+ day ago (779+ words) - The notice increased insurance costs and hindered sales, despite the rebuilt property meeting consent requirements. - Flood protections were deemed adequate, and the four-bedroom riverfront home carries a $2.81m RV. A multimillion-dollar Christchurch home is up for sale after the owners won…...
Renowned Kiwi artist turns the ‘ugly house’ into Balinese retreat
4+ week, 1+ day ago (806+ words) - Terry Fergusson-Hughes and his husband Kyle are selling their renovated Pāpāmoa home. - The couple transformed the house into an entertainment space with a Bali-inspired garden and art studio. - They are downsizing after hosting events like the Mid Winter Christmas Collective…...
Historic church building seized from cannabis grower now for sale
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (428+ words) A historic church building is on the market for sale after the Crown seized it from a convicted cannabis grower. Stephen Craig Alexander challenged the seizure of three properties, including the former St John’s Anglican Sunday school building in Winchester,…...
‘I was only gone an hour’: How wife ended up with a landmark castle in Te Kūiti
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (662+ words) - Te Kūiti’s unique castle is for sale as owners Lindsey and Damian Anselmi downsize. - The five-bedroom castle, built in the 1980s, features handmade metalwork and castle-like hinges. - The castle is priced at $890,000, with additional farmland sections also for sale. Te Kūiti’s…...
Landmark development site in heart of Kerikeri
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) A strategic greenfield expanse for sale beside Kerikeri’s town centre offers a development opportunity of landmark scale and flexibility in one of New Zealand’s fastest growing provincial townships. The more than 23-hectare freehold landholding across five titles has a mix…...
Award-winning builder lists dream home - garage has underfloor heating, kitchen won design award
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (628+ words) Surprisingly, the 1950s brick house which preceded this bespoke near-new builders’ own home, inspired the layout of its luxurious, architecturally-designed successor. Owners of Onform Construction, Dan and Lynka Harison, bought the 1950s version in 2018, when sons Nixon and Bastian were just 5 and…...
‘Practically abandoned’: Fan of old homes rescues Red Beach villa
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (539+ words) She’d turned ugly real estate ducklings into swans before, but the project facing Emma Hanover at Red Beach was her biggest challenge yet – and definitely not one for the faint-hearted. The property’s history was colourful, with the 1920s character home having…...