Why aren’t we all moving here?

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, That’s it! The final straw. I’m packing up and moving to the West Coast. This week I [interviewed country singer Jody Direen,]( who manages her glittery international stage life from a remote base in Franz Josef, South Westland, population about 400. She loves the mix of good people, solitude, wild nature and affordable land prices. I’ve been writing about tiny towns - and the people who love them - for months now. It seems there’s no end to interesting, passionate folk who love where they’ve based themselves, whether it’s [Karamea]( [Reefton]( [Hokitika]( or Franz Josef. But I’m not really running a PR campaign for the South Island’s wetter coastline and many of us love where we’ve decided to live - the psychological term for it is “choice-induced preference”. If you think your spot is a little slice of heaven, and you’d like to share it with the world, drop us a line at homed@stuff.co.nz. [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Senior Reporter, Homed [padding] [spacer] [padding] Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters.]( [spacer] # [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][separator] [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Inside Buckingham Palace [spacer] If King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla choose Buckingham Palace as their official residence, as has been the tradition since Queen Victoria's days, they'll live alongside “Bobo's rooms” and 78 bathrooms. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] From Nashville to Franz Josef [spacer] She's opened for Kenny Rogers, he's kayaked the world's gnarliest whitewater. They're making their dreams work from this tiny town, population about 400. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] From villa to 'superhome' [spacer] It dates from 1910 and has seen quakes, liquefaction and bust piles - but soon this home will be more efficient than the modern units down the road. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Family shares a backyard [spacer] Making decisions that help lower their carbon footprint is a no-brainer for the Schickedanz family in central Wellington. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Dishwasher errors you make [spacer] There might not be one right way to stack a dishwasher, but you can definitely do some things wrong. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Novice carpenter builds own home [spacer] James Irvine had never so much as picked up a nail gun when he decided to build his own house in Christchurch. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [padding] [spacer][Support Stuff]( [Discover more at Homed]( [padding] [spacer] You are receiving this email because you are a opted in to receive the Stuff Homed newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( [Manage your profile]( [Privacy Policy]( Did a friend forward you this email? [Sign up to get the Stuff Homed newsletter in your inbox]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand [spacer] [padding]