10 dogs and a new baby in the house

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, Here’s a list of the things my dog has chewed - and shredded - in the last 24 hours: a cane magazine basket, pieces of flax brought in from the garden, a plastic milk bottle stolen from the recycling, a $60 foam roller, the corner of my once-treasured plant shelf. I thought about musing on the state of the housing market this week, after business editor Susan Edmunds [wrote this piece about house prices]( being expected to fall about 20% (from their November 2021 peak). But I realised that fact, combined with current high interest rates and the cost of living crisis, feels a bit bleak for this time of year. So back to dogs. I have two, which I admit is excessive, but one of them is 11-years-old and no trouble to anyone. The other is the aforementioned six-month-old tearaway. I can’t imagine having 10 dogs, and a newborn baby, [as does Cassie Jefferies who I spoke to this week.]( But she loves her lifestyle. And I get it. I’m lucky enough to live in my own home (and so able to keep a dog), with mortgage payments that aren’t killing me, and in truth my dogs do actually bring me a lot of joy. They get me outside twice a day, rain or shine. And they're at least 100% more pleased to see me in the mornings than either of my teenage children. I think I might just hang a Christmas stocking for the puppy after all. Have a great weekend! [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Joanna Davis [padding] Homed Editor [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[padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] ‘Cupboard' rental off the market [spacer] The room in an Auckland home for rent was withdrawn following social media infamy. The manager insisted the room was only ever for “napping”. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Coromandel beauty a bargain [spacer] What can you expect to pay for 92ha at Whangapoua? Maybe less than beachfront - try $2.75 million, and it can be subdivided. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] Find the secret room [spacer] It took our former chief censor and his partner 20 years to get around to making over their loft apartment: They went all out. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] And baby makes 14 [spacer] Cassie Jefferies was happy with nine dogs and a stepdaughter, but 2022 had other plans for the dog-mad Aucklander. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Cute railway cottage, under $700K [spacer] First-time buyers: These beloved homes often have elements of Arts and Crafts design – such as built-in furniture, wainscoting and exposed eaves. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed][spacer] Clifftop house languishes [spacer] A dream that did not eventuate - a mortgagee auction saw this unfinished Cheltenham, Auckland, house passed in at $2.1 million, less than half the rateable value. [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]