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  • Your Home and Garden

    TO THE MAX

    Jul 14, 2019 5 minutes
    Text by Debbie Harrison.
    Photography by Kate Claridge.

    MEET + GREET

     Leigh Aston, 41 (engagement and performance manager), and Cory Hogben, 42 (leading hand), plus dogs Mojo and Morris.

    For Leigh Aston and Cory Hogben, there’s only been one downside to living in a petite 70-square-metre townhouse: “There’s a limit to the amount of renovation and styling you can do!” laughs Leigh.

    The couple moved into the tired two-level, two-bedroom, one-bathroom Christchurch abode in 2016, excited about living close enough to the CBD that they could stroll into the heart of the city and observe its redevelopment. They were also taken by how private the home was, tucked down the back of a long driveway, and loved its cute northwest-facing courtyard garden. But it wasn’t all roses.

    “It had been a

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