PHOTO: Lila’s home has been left as a skeleton after an architectural company failed to come up with a solution. Source: Tagata Pasifika
Building your own home is a dream come true for most families – especially when you’ve saved up and worked hard to afford to do so.
But for one Samoan family, who chose not to reveal their surname, their hopes of dream home renovation has turned to devastation.
In 2017, Lila and her family decided to extend their three-bedroom house. Once they had the finances, they were ready to start planning for the build. While the home was expected to have been completed by now, a skeleton stands in its place.
“There’s a lot of questions – where did I go wrong?” homeowner Lila told Tagata Pasifika. “There are times that I don’t even wanna come here.”
Lila was looking to extend the home in order to accommodate their growing family.
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