Ford Model T factory

 

PHOTO: NZ SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY Model T Fords once rolled out this door.

When you take on a heritage conversion project you never know what you’re going to find.

The Gosling Property Group (GPG) expected the transformation of the former Ford Model T factory in Parnell into loft apartments would take 13 months, but that “blew out” to 30 months, says spokesperson Bastiaan Struijck.

​”We discovered we had to rebuild the whole concrete frame by hand, piece by piece,” he says. “We were also hit by some of the challenges faced by the construction industry over the past couple of years. But it’s great to have delivered something pretty amazing that is now preserved for history.

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