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Refined approach
This award-winning project has transformed a run-down hacienda into a
traditionally styled home, but with an open-plan heart. QPC Builders
undertook the construction while Yellowfox reinvented the interiors
Above: This renovation project
by QPC Builders and Yellowfox
has transformed a Spanish-accent
house in a traditional suburb. The
new rustic metal-pattern front
gate connects with a rustic metalaccented front door, leading the
visitor forward.
Facing page, top and lower: The
dining table, complete with feature
designer light, and the adjacent
living room both take in spectacular
views of Auckland Harbour.

In a well-to-do suburb typified by crisp, white
weatherboard residences, a more flamboyant
design can look rather out of place.
Such was the case with this renovation by
QPC Builders and Yellowfox. Originally built in
a Spanish style, the house has been reinvented
as a traditional home with open interiors and
separate guest suite. The project won a Gold at
the Master Builders House of the Year Awards.
Developer Mike Page, owner of MPAC
Property, the firm that drove the project, says
the house was virtually stripped back to the
foundations, with a few character brick walls

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retained, so it was really more like a new build.
“We pushed out exterior walls to allow for
improved internal flow, converted a flat over
the garage into a guest suite, and transformed
the exterior with weatherboard and brick to be
more in tune with the character of Devonport.
“In addition, the roofline is now steeper and
gables were introduced, some bedrooms were
brought downstairs, and a hall was added.”
Essentially everything was addressed, says
Alex Coburn, owner of QPC Builders.
“Even the existing glass handrails were
replaced with traditional wood rails.”