Haven Magazine

WAIKATO WONDER

If houses could talk, this one might tell you about the time it was supposed to be demolished. Or the way it was saved and moved 10km from Hamilton to a 1ha block in Tamahere. It would probably also tell you about the massive renovation it underwent, which was finished off by its current owners, Kylie and John Moody, who bought it two years ago.

“We were living in Auckland and enjoying the bungalow we’d extensively renovated,” says Kylie, who previously worked in commercial real estate. But in 2018, John accepted a role in

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