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WARM HEART

Vertiginous hills and mad access issues don’t usually faze Wellingtonians — but this site was a tad different. When Amélie Goldberg and Karl Wakelin came to investigate building on this 700m section in Wadestown, it had been on the market for 25 years. “At one stage, kids from the neighbourhood made a skateboard ramp here,” says Karl. But it was close to where Amélie’s parents live, north-facing and within their budget, so when Karl’s builder father,

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