Viewed from the street, the 1970s house in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore seemed a little too unusual, a bit too different from its neighbours, especially the huge circular room at the front with its curvy yurt-like roof. Then when she and husband Murray stepped through the door, they realised the curviness didn't stop there – and they loved it. During the planning, the couple discovered that there had originally been a 1970s-style conversation pit in the circular living room. Remarkably, Murray and Rachel say they had no serious disagreements during the ambitious rebuild. "We'd say we'd bought this house and people would say, 'Oh, we used to go to parties there.'"

Source: Stuff February 24, 2019 15:56 UTC