When a young couple based in Pōneke/Wellington decided they'd had enough of their busy schedule juggling a bungalow renovation with burnout, they made like the reality-TV show and escaped to the country. The first step of their lifestyle change was to buy a section in the Wairarapa. Happily landing on a site in Kahutara, they felt as if it was all coming together, although finding someone to design their new home proved to be less easily achieved — until…
“Years before, we'd seen an article in the local paper
