In a prominent position in one of New Zealand’s most well-known beach-side communities, an Auckland couple plan a holiday home work of art.

Omaha

Tom Webster

Rock House

Martinborough

A well-resourced couple who fall in love with a rundown Central Otago “castle” find restoring a heritage building is anything but romantic.

Earnscleugh

In the Western Bay of Plenty, a Modernist-inspired house with its own art gallery is the brainchild of a cement industry veteran who came to architecture later in life.

Tauranga Hilltop

An environmentally-committed young couple in Christchurch buck convention by going back to the future with a centuries-old building material.

Huntsbury Strawbale

A Central Otago vineyard is the breath-taking site for a multi-generational home bringing an extended family back together with the matriarch's own journey front of mind.

Bendigo

A Hauraki Gulf island with an illustrious history looks to be an idyllic family retreat but building there proves a logistical nightmare.

Kawau

A “forever” home amongst the vines in Martinborough wine country, with a black and white combination of Yakisugi timber and Oamaru Stone, tests the limits of an enterprising couple’s resources.

A seemingly impossible to build on section high above Queenstown is the location for Hans and Suzy Raetz’s “fun” project – a modular home constructed in Cromwell.

The stories of creative and enterprising Kiwis who are taking on the challenge of building their own unique and inspirational homes. No design is too ambitious, and no obstacle too large in their quest for the perfect house.

Omaha

Seasons10

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