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Character villas line most streets in Grey Lynn, Auckland, but time isn’t always on their side. The owners of this century-old villa had loved it for years, but they knew it needed major work before they could move in with their young family. Dougal and Faye Swift, with children Rocco, 2, and Adan, 1, now

There’s plenty of life left in Grey Lynn’s tired villas, but they do need a bit of work, and sometimes an extreme makeover is called for. That’s what happened to this run-down transitional villa, which has just won the 2017 TIDA NZ Architect-designed Renovation award. Designed by architect Paul Leuschke of Leushcke Kahn Architects, the

It may seem surprising six years after the Canterbury earthquakes that House Lifter owner Rod Moore is busier than ever. But he said work is ramping up for straightening commercial buildings, while his residential work was also the busiest ever, and he was looking at contracts in Wellington too. With the increase in contracts Moore

The future of one of Christchurch’s oldest buildings is up in the air as part of a restoration project in the centre of the Meadowlands subdivision in west Christchurch. Meadowlands is currently a work in progress between Hendersons, Halswell, Sparks and Milns Roads. Rod Moore of House Lifters said he believed the technology used to

Earthquake damage could be hiding under the floors of pre-1970s homes in Christchurch, an earthquake lawyer says. Peter Woods, a partner at Anthony Harper, held a meeting for affected homeowners on Monday night, with the invitation specifying that no insurance company affiliates could attend. Strategies used to repair such homes following the Canterbury earthquakes were