NZ Property Investor

HOKIANGA HOBBIT HOUSE

‘I was lucky I got it so cheaply, it was just before the prices started to go up. And people were so put off by the state of it that they didn’t want to buy’
KAREE OWEN

Nestled into a hillside on the banks of the Hokianga Harbour, Karee Owen’s first home wouldn’t look out of place in . With rounded walls and ceilings, the “tunnel house” in Rawene was one of a cluster of concrete character homes built by doctors who worked in the area in

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