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A rundown of character homes has been given the makeover of a lifetime by a group of unlikely renovators …

A rundown of character homes has been given the makeover of a lifetime by a group of unlikely renovators.

Fifty-eight Year 11 students from across the northern suburbs spent the year learning vital trade skills by renovating the aged Elizabeth Downs family home.

Following 12 months of hard work, the now unrecognizable property has been handed back to Housing SA to be passed onto new tenants.

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Renovations to Winthrop House—including the five-story Beren Hall addition—will be completed ahead of schedule, enabling all residents to move back to the House in August 2017.

Winthrop’s Gore and Standish Halls, built in 1914 to house freshmen, have been under construction since summer 2016. Beren Hall, named for donor Robert M. Beren ’47, was originally expected to open after the rest of the House.

According to Winthrop House Faculty Dean Stephanie R. Robinson, the early completion of Beren Hall will eliminate the need for overflow housing in the DeWolfe St. apartments and allow all students to live in the House