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THE PROJECT
Interior designer Toni Gale and her builder husband Dane renovated this three-bedroom home in Napier's Eskdale for themselves and their son Monty (1).
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For Toni and Dane Gale, a return to their home base of Te Matau-a-Māui/Hawke's Bay after more than a decade away was amply rewarded with the discovery of a perfectly placed pocket of paradise in a semi-rural, coastal suburb.
On a beachfront site in Eskdale, about 20 minutes north of Ahuriri/Napier, the home on the property was a 1960s bach complete with original