Buy a beach house and help a charity

Bidding at a charity auction for an Auckland beach house started this week at $1 and by yesterday had reached $40,030.

Proceeds from the sale will go to the Big Night In Telethon, being held on August 8 and 9.

Unitec architecture students built the sleeping quarters for the three-bedroom 118sq m house which has just been moved to a site in Mangawhai.

The project involved 32 Masters students, led by architect and lecturer Dave Strachan of Strachan Group Architects, who wanted to get his students involved in a significant project.

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Posted: 31 Jul 2009

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