Page 107 - homestyle New Zealand (February - March 2020)

Outside in —— FIRST WINDOWS & DOORS

A house in the country was something
Zandra and Robert Dol had envisioned
for their family for quite some time.
After moving from Auckland to
Hamilton, they’d been steadily looking
for a slice of rural land, but when the
right property failed to materialise,
they decided to press pause. Life as
working parents raising daughters
Sophia (12), Ella (10) and Mila (8)
continued as usual, until a riverside
site unexpectedly presented itself as the
perfect match, making life that little
bit easier by providing the natural
environment they dreamed of just
a short drive from the city.
Friends of the family had previously
owned and planned to build on the
property in the neighbourhood of
Flagstaff, which borders the Waikato
River. With architectural drawings
already created by Tane Cox of Red
Architecture, the hard work was taken
out of figuring out what to do with
the wedge-shaped section that slopes
down to the water’s edge.
“When we came here and saw this
beautiful outlook, the view with the
river flowing by really sold us,” says >

ABOVE & RIGHT The large Metro Series
pivot front door was an idea Zandra added to
a Pinterest moodboard years ago, so she’s rapt
that it works so well with the battened aluminum
screen and floor-to-ceiling windows at the front
of the house.

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