Three years, four designs, $200,000 in fees: one family's dream home battle
A family has spent three years and more than $200,000 getting consent to build a new house, but it’s not the dream home they had originally planned.
Matthew Beaven and Laura Jones had hoped to be living in their new three-storey home in Lyttelton, Christchurch at least a year ago. Instead, they are still looking out across an empty section.
Consent was finally granted in July, and the couple hope to start building before Christmas, but they now face a huge increase in building costs. Continue reading here.
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