When life gives you lemons, most people make lemonade, but not New Plymouth’s Brooke and Lucie Wolfe. When served the sourest variety of all, they decided to make a house.
Two years before Brooke was dealt the devastating diagnosis of a brain tumour, the couple (who’ve been together for 17 years and have two children, Millie and Oscar) had bought a house just around the corner from their home to rent out while making long-term plans. “Then after Brooke had his surgery, he was given the horrible news that he’d likely have two years max,” says Lucie. “I remember he rang me in a mess saying, ‘Let’s build a house.’”
“I’d renovated before and had always wanted to build, so it was just like, well, there’s no better opportunity,” says…
