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Who lives here Creative consultant Jess Britten and her husband, Warren Durling, COO at Dovetail digital products, with their children, Stevie and Walter.

Style of home A converted heritage hall in the hip Auckland suburb of Ponsonby, 2km from the CBD.

Construction work began in March 2020 and was finished in November of the same year.

ehind the facade of a landmark hall in Auckland, a very different kind of life takes place to that originally intended for the stately structure. Built in 1907 and previously owned by two private societies (the International Order of Odd Fellows, then the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes),

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