Safe haven
fter years of working abroad, A Gretchen Young knew exactly the kind of home she wanted to live in when she returned home to New Zealand: sun-drenched, character-filled and close to all the action in central Auckland.
It didn’t take long for a two-bedroom, one-bathroom Victorian cottage in Ponsonby to catch her eye. The fact that it was just 85sqm was a boon – after all, she was an outgoing 30-year-old career woman who wanted to spend her spare time with friends, not cleaning empty rooms and bathrooms.
“I’m busy with work and not home a lot, so the last thing I need is more space, which equates to more mess and cleaning. This was the perfect space for this time in my life, but the fact that it was sunny was the clincher for me. I was looking for sunshine so when I went to the open home and saw it
