A city bolthole, not too small, close to work, this eighth-floor, north-facing Fiore on Hobson apartment is all this and more.
Vivien McGilvray and husband Don bought it after returning from overseas. Before travelling, Don was an Air Force aircraft engineer. Vivien is a computer programmer. Settling back into New Zealand life, they lived first on Waiheke before moving to Warkworth where Don worked at a rest home, which included live-in accommodation.
But the couple wanted a place in Auckland, too, more for Vivien, who would stay overnight twice a week in the one-bedroom apartment. It was especially handy during intense deadlines at her city workplace where she would work late into the nightbut could get a decent amount of sleep at the apartment before returning to work the next morning.
She would catch up with friends to see a few shows -- she is a benefactor of the opera -- and for meals out.
