Back in February, we featured the delightful home and studio of Shane Kingsbeer and fiancée Kate O’Connor in the gentrifying Ballance Street, just outside Whataupoko, downtown Gisborne. 

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The couple has built on a site that accommodates a studio for Kingsbeer, and a house for themselves and their young family. “Being present is more important than anything,” says Kingsbeer. “I just don’t want to go all day without seeing my daughters.” 

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 Set back on the site, with neighbours close by, the house looks inward to a lush courtyard and forward to a flat lawn – it’s compact but generous, with great light and excellent custom cabinetry. It’s one of our favourites – we look forward to seeing you there. 

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Note: our Open Home series has been designed specifically to operate safely at Covid Level-2, with small groups, social distancing and QR scanning as standard.

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What:

Ballance Street House by Kingsbeer Architecture

Where:

Gisborne, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa

When:

Saturday 20 November; 30-minute sessions from 9.30am

Tickets:

$17.50 (limited numbers!)

from open-home-gisborne.eventbrite.co.nz

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