Final touches for UCOL Hospice Home

23 May 2011

Final touches for UCOL Hospice Home

They may have the kitchen sink, but the organisers behind the UCOL Hospice Home are still looking for a few final items for the house before auction day.

The UCOL Hospice Home has been constructed on a site adjacent to the UCOL Trades facility on Amesbury Street and has been a hands-on project for more than 30 Trades students since last July.

The 112 square metre, three bedroom house will be put up for auction on 25 June with Arohanui Hospice receiving the profits from the sale.

Arohanui Hospice Chief Executive Clare Randall is grateful to Manawatu people and organisations that have already come forward with free or discounted resources and services.

“We still need a range-hood, oven, laundry tub, bathroom vanity, waste disposal unit and shower unit to complete the fit out,” says Clare. “We’d love to hear from anyone who wants to contribute to this unique fundraiser.”

Tim Mordaunt from Property Brokers is giving his services free for the auction in June. “Property Brokers will be holding open days in the run up to the auction. This will allow people to check out the house itself and the interior decoration that has been chosen,” says Clare.

The house will be presented for auction complete with fitted carpet and flooring, whiteware, light fittings, bathroom fixtures and a fresh paint job inside and out.

A number of sponsors have given generously to ensure costs are kept low including local trade suppliers ITM, Placemakers, Pridex, Rylock Aluminium, Higgins Concrete, Rangitikei Flooring, Rotary Club of Milson, Stewarts Electrical Supplies Group, Heatrite, Bowater Plumbing, Leader and Watt, Resene and a group of NZ Army electrical and plumbing apprentices.

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