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Let’s start with the roof. Builder Adam Pierson and his wife Alicia’s distinctive new home has one – of course it does. But nothing quite prepares you for being up on it on a breezy Wellington afternoon.

It’s easy to get to; no ladder required. From the home’s main deck, you trot up a dozen or so stairs, cross a bright yellow steel gangway, and there you are, looking at two things that will stop you in your tracks. One is the panorama, the other is, well, it

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