Face-lift for The Lodge
The new owner of The Lodge at Hanmer Springs is giving the hotel a facelif An Auckland builder. ’Mr Rex Hollows, last' December bought the hotel’s freehold- from Lodge Investments, Ltd, for a price reported to be more than $1 million. Since it changed hands, the kitchens had been improved, the grounds tidied, and the swimming pool put back into use, said one of the new managers (Mr D. E. Crampsie). I A builder would be em- ! ployed full-time for ‘at J least'thg next 12 7 months
to overseg the renovation, he said, J a Other plans included an overhaul of wooden flooring, the repainting of ■the exterior, and 'the addition of shutters to the windows. ‘ Mr Crampsie said the building’s distinct “character” would not be lost, but the renovations would restore its former granduer. The Lodge would continue to function throughout the work, he said. It was largely rebuilt in 1958 after the concrete shell, built in 1932, was gigfKtJbjj fire,
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