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MACDONALD ROAD HOUSE MEET THE OWNERS

Stephanie McGann Could you tell me a little about yourselves and what you wanted in your new home?

Kerry and I have been renovating houses together since the late 1980s and we’ve gained a great deal of experience in energy-efficient and passive solar design. I’m technically orientated and Kerry did studies in the 1990s, through which we came across the ideas behind passive solar design. It made a lot of sense to us.

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