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    Bend & stretch

    Aug 04, 2019 3 minutes
    TEXT CLAIRE MCCALL
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    ROSS KEANE

    Project

    Minor dwelling

    Architect

    Pat de Pont, SGA

    Location

    Mt Eden, Auckland

    Brief

    Build a secondary dwelling for rental, no bigger than 65 square metres

    Sixty-five is a magic number. It brings a certain freedom: the opportunity for reinvention and self-expression. And while some might wait for the age when NZ Super kicks in, others jump the gun. Sixty-five is still a magic number.

    When Mt Eden residents Neil and Jill heard that the parameters of the Auckland Unitary Plan for their neighbourhood included an as-of-right minor dwelling, they wondered if they could

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