New Zealand architect William Samuels is an idealist. He hates the commodification of housing, the Antipodean obsession with real estate as investment. Yet he's also a pragmatic thinker. Which is why he decided to explore a different way for him and his fiancée, Hannah D'Arcy, to secure a home of their own.
To be fair, the couple, who met in Melbourne and are both in their 30s, could have pooled resources to take on a mortgage. But that would have been feeding a system they are not enamoured with. “Housing in Aotearoa is often primarily viewed as a wealth
