Inside the home of a rugby legend

[padding] [If you are unable to view this message correctly, click here]( [padding] [stuff header] [spacer] [padding] Hi {NAME}, As John Lennon once said: So this is Christmas… and what have you done? It’s always a bit challenging looking back at the year and assessing how we feel about it. For a lot of us 2022 has been more challenging than most. But even the worst years can have moments of light. This year we got to [peek inside the home of a rugby legend]( and visited a [home hewn from the bush]( against all the odds. We heard the story of a [developer who used Apple Air Tags]( to get the better of thieves, and a woman who never forgot [how magnificent her old student digs]( could be. This [driveway-sized strip of land]( for which the owner wanted nearly half a million dollars, takes the cake. We also saw some charming ones, such as [this old Timaru courthouse]( and [a flat in the Karitane Factory](. And along the way, we learned that [age is no reason to slow down]( (or give up the fight), and that sometimes [adventure is no further away than our backyard](. Here’s to you enjoying a wonderful Christmas break, and to all of us having a much less challenging 2023. Our newsletter will be back in the second week of the new year. Mere Kirihimete, from all of us at Homed. [padding] [user profile pic] [padding] Kylie Klein-Nixon [padding] Homed Senior Reporter [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 the loft with a secret door [spacer] “I had always wanted to live in a New York-style loft apartment. That was one of the things I wanted to do in my life - I wasn't living in New York, so it was looking problematic. We looked at various places, found this place, and thought, this is it.” [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] AM Show star’s country hunt [spacer] As a roving reporter for Breakfast, Matt Gibb is no stranger to travel. But his new job as host of New Zealand’s Country House Hunters takes him in a whole new direction. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] A walk to the sea for under $400k [spacer] First-time buyers: This home is two blocks from the beach, and if that’s not enough, it also has a mature orchard in the backyard. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] Chocolate box cottage by the bay [spacer] Packed with period features, this home is a delight from the top of the dormer windows, to the winding track that leads to Governor’s Bay. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [Privacy Info]( [spacer] [Privacy Info]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][hot take]( [spacer] How a tiny home saved a mortgage [spacer] When this home owner’s mortgage interest doubled, he hatched a clever tiny home plan to help - and it didn’t require living in one. [spacer] [read more]( [padding] [spacer] [padding] [spacer][Homed]( [spacer] The home auction with $1 reserve [spacer] “It absolutely is scary,” Dunn says. “The auction was exactly what it said – a $1 reserve. The auctioneer doesn’t put in a vendor bid, and there’s no agency bid and no bidding from friends. You can imagine how nervous the vendors were…” [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]