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Past a yellow diamond road sign, a horse rider at sunset, you’ll find the entrance to the Purvis family home. With a dressage arena and stables to the left, horse paddocks to the right, visitors are greeted by a few curious faces as they make their way down the drive towards a converted cedar barn.

When Fiona Purvis and husband Will first pulled up to the Whitford lifestyle property in southeast Auckland four years ago, the building stood alone, already transformed into a three-bedroom home. But having lived in 17 properties over the past 30 years of their

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