Style: October 04, 2017

STYLE | home 31
Strong design meets an eye
for styling in this newly-built
Christchurch home.
Words Naomi Spinsby-Wild
Photography Charlie Rose Creative
Having lived in the quiet, leafy suburb of
Merivale for many years, Jan and Garry
Cliff jumped at the chance to build a property
on the very same street they already called
home.
In a rare opportunity, a house across the
street from their own came up for sale, and
the couple, already aware of how special the
tranquil location and north-facing aspect were,
moved quickly to make it their own.
The site was already home to a gorgeous
cedar-weatherboard cottage, which, according
to Jan, was “just too good to demolish”. To
avoid resigning it to this fate, the cottage itself
was sold and moved from the site, and in
doing so, a new house was born.
No strangers to the building process,
the Cliffs approached their architect with a
proposed floor plan of their own, only to
be pleasantly surprised to discover that their
plans were an almost-identical match to those
drawn up by the professionals. Taking it as a
good omen, the couple proceeded with the
build from those very plans, only making the
odd tweak along the way.
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