First-time buyers: Young house flipper financed his first home by buying and selling cars [Video]

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All the work has been done, and what’s left is a chic, three bed home minutes from Taupō moana.

The house on the corner of Waikato and Motūtahae Streets in Taupō looked very different when owner Dylan Robinson bought it back in 2021.

Robinson, then 21, made extra money to pay for the home by buying and doing up cars. Then he turned his flipping skills to home renovation, and bringing the white brick-clad home back in black, surrounding it with decks to make the most of the region’s good weather, and sprucing up the inside.

He also turned the two-bed back into a three bed.

“Before I bought it was all a cream colour, with no fences and no deck,” says Robinson, a builder.

“The roof was actually maroon colour, like a pink. It was totally due for an update and it was a perfect project. Couldn’t have got …