The award-winning architect, based in Napier, was a Resene paint favourite – highly rated for his bold use of colour and dramatic design.

Built in the late 1970s for one family who lived there for over four decades, 25 Muritai Crescent recently sold to a local property investor, Ryan Weir, who snapped it up for $870,000 and is now selling the home after a thorough renovation.

Weir, formerly a Propertyscouts' franchisor and director, says his aim with the family home was to enhance original architect Paris Magdalinos’s 1978 design and to modernise the property but maintain its character.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom 265m² house is designed over three levels and is in the Havelock North character zone.

“My job was to sort of clean it up, brighten it up, and let the original architecture shine through,” says Weir.