LOVE AT FIRST S GHT: Just one look and Grant Bettjeman fell for an ex-state house in Orakei

摘要

The first time Grant Bettjeman set eyes on his future home - a wooden, three-bedroom ex-state house in Auckland's Orakei - he thought, "We could live here." True, it had exposed ceiling beams in all the wrong places and was perched at the top of a sloping section but he and his wife Phif, a fellow hairdresser loved the multicultural area and its proximity to the eastern beaches and central city. By the time the estate agent pointed out the faded deck at the rear of the house, promising long afternoons filled with sunshine, Grant was hooked.