Renovating an 1890s home in the NSW New England city of Armidale has been a true test of determination for retired pharmacist David Hodgson and his wife, June. As David wryly observed when Australian Country Homes came to visit, they had been working on it for the better part of 20 years, so they could hardly be accused of making any hasty decisions.
“When we’d bought it in October 1988, we’d recently returned from the UK where we’d lived for eight years,”
