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    DREAMS DO COME TRUE

    Jun 16, 2019 5 minutes

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    Once upon a time there was a family who yearned for a home of their own. But they lived in Auckland at the height of the housing boom, and every property they looked at with a garden big enough for their two kids and their large dog was quickly snapped up for more than they could afford.

    So Oliver Driver and Ella Mizrahi began to dream a new dream. When a friend (call her their fairy godmother if you like) offered them the opportunity to buy a cross-leased riverside section on the back of her Te Atatu Peninsula home, they visualised a crisp new house, built to their own specifications and with all the benefits of a high-tech modern fit-out. And then along came a fairy

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