PHOTO: JANE USSHER/NZHOUSE&GARDEN – Shane Bond’s advice when it comes to decorating? ‘Go big and be bold.’

Ten years after building a family home and with three children heading into the teen zone, Tracey and Shane Bond were facing a “love it or list it” dilemma.

The house the Bonds built in the Styx Mill subdivision on the northern outskirts of Christchurch was their third house in the area. The former Black Cap’s life as an international cricket coach takes him round the globe but this is his home ground.

“I’ve lived in Belfast since I was nine,” says Shane, who met Tracey at the local high school.

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