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WHO LIVES HERE? Debbie Luke, her daughter Summer, their cat TT and Bumper the bunny

WHERE Parkhurst, Johannesburg

SIZE 200m²

When Debbie Luke and her then partner Tim Apter started house-hunting in 2013, they stumbled upon a half-completed home in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. “The story goes that the builder contracted to do the job ran off with the money and the owners had to sell the house without fittings or finishes,” Debbie explains.

Nothing was safe or compliant and with no Occupancy Certificate in place,

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