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Renovation nightmares

$796 of $50,000 goal
Given by 10 generous donors in 6 days

This page is to help my parents get their house finished. You can view more pics in my highlights

Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty

My parents poured their hearts, savings, and trust into building what was meant to be their forever home. Instead, they’ve been left with an unfinished house, ongoing stress, and uncertainty about how they will recover financially and emotionally.

After years of hard work and planning, they now face the overwhelming reality of trying to make their home safe and livable while dealing with costs they never expected. What should have been an exciting new chapter has become exhausting and heartbreaking.

We are raising funds to help cover urgent repairs, and the work needed to finally complete their home so they can move forward with some peace of mind.

Any donation, no matter the size, would mean the world to our family. If you’re unable to donate, sharing this page would also help more than you know.

Thank you for your kindness, support, and compassion during such a difficult time.

Christine Cudby's involvement (page creator)

I am the daughter of Frances and Micheal. It is their home and we the children are trying to help raise funds to get it liveable again

Use of funds

Any moneys raised will be spent on getting the building finished to stop the leaking as at the moment it is covered with black polythene. We need plumbing done as there is no bathroom and also electrical needs to be connected.

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Update  19 May 2026

Kia Ora

Just coming on to say our page is now moderated. Had to do a few changing of words for that to be done. Thank you to every single person who has shared and donated. Your generosity is not unnoticed and we truely appreciate it 🫶🏼 we have a lot to do to get to where we want to be in regards to figuring this whole thing out and we definitely were not expecting to have to do this but with the determination of trying to help our parents be able to finish their forever home and the support of everyone so far we will do our best to help as much as we can 🫶🏼

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Robert
Robert 39 mins ago
$100
Christine Cudby

Nga mihi 🫶🏼

Christine Cudby
Chenara
Chenara 20 hours ago
Love from me and the kids in Perth
$50
Christine Cudby

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Christine Cudby
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Your Williams whānau xo 1 day ago
Sending our aroha to you whanau!
$500
Christine Cudby

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Sam
Sam 2 days ago
❤️
$25
Christine Cudby

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Christine Cudby
Reck
Reck 4 days ago
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$20
Christine Cudby

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Christine Cudby

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This campaign started on 17 May 2026 and ends on 17 Aug 2026.