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AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT

No one wants to hear a bump in the night, and when it’s accompanied by shakes, rattles and having to roll out of bed, it’s even less of a good sign. For the owners of this home, the adrenaline-pumping action turned a straight-forward renovation into a multi-year, two-stage one — but it wasn’t entirely unlucky.

High-school sweethearts Hannah and Steve Crump bought their Forrest Hill home on Auckland’s North Shore

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