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When they first arrived at Habitat in 1968, the couple purchased a modest three-bedroom unit. Twenty-one years later, they supplemented their original residence with a two-bedroom unit situated above their own. Shortly thereafter, they added another three-bedroom residence, expanding their home over four levels and to a total of 16 rooms (5,000 square feet), including five bedrooms, a large snooker room, two solariums and the same number of patios. At Habitat, where none of the interior walls are load-bearing, most non-structural changes are permitted, allowing residents to re-arrange the internal configuration of their modules to suit their personal tastes and lifestyles.
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“Breaking through the concrete walls between the apartments was pure hell,” recalls the resident in an interview with Gazette editor Annabelle King. “It took months to cut through and to build the staircases.”
  
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