Enduring houses have the power to pull us towards them in ways that are not immediately recognised, as is the case with Maree Glass and her character cottage in Hamilton East.
Maree, a contemporary artist and the manager of Sandz Gallery in Frankton Village, came to Kirikiriroa more than two decades ago, from a previous life of dairy farming at nearby Pirongia. Her first house in the city was a sprawling character home complete with pool that she shared with her children, Morgan,