Aucklanders have long had a love affair with the villa – or at least the romantic notion of living in one...
Neatly aligned along some of the city’s most desirable streets, with their pristine white picket fences and proud double-bay frontages resplendent with ornate Victorian fretwork, trusses and finials, it’s easy to see why these once utilitarian abodes have become an object of desire for the upwardly mobile and young professional families.
