Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 31 No 1 New Zealand | Page 76

Starting over
After first deciding to renovate, the owners of this property
discovered it was more cost effective to rebuild with a
larger, brighter, brand new home by Jalcon Homes

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Renovating is not the only
way to improve your lifestyle.
As this project shows, it can be
more cost effective to replace
an existing house with a
brand new home specifically
designed for your family.
Jalcon Homes design and
build consultant Ritchie Day
says the owners initially priced
renovations to the original
1950s cottage on the site.
“We priced a comparable