NZ Property Investor

THE LONG GAME

Good things take time. In Jono and Jessica Nisbett’s case, it took six years to renovate and sell a 1990s 220m2 direct-fix polystyrene property that they had originally bought as a flip. But the results were worth it.

The home was bought by the couple in 2014. They didn’t love it: with a green and cream interior palette and covered with leak-prone polystyrene, it wasn’t their “dream home” by any means. But it had potential.

‘Because it was made from direct-fix polystyrene [which has leaky

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