Articles

Featured Project / Havelock North Construction

Another Top 100 build – these gems are hard to find, and making this level at the Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards is a huge achievement. This four-bedroom holiday home from Beck Building was made to suit several generations. The property also had to make the most of the beautiful Lake Taupō and mountain […]

An inner-city Auckland garden bordering a neighbourhood park has been redesigned into a sub-tropical sanctuary by Seed Landscapes. Landscape designer Donna Stanish reconnected the house and pool by creating generous entertaining areas and stepped platforms floating above the garden. Kwila timber platforms link the family room on the lower level to the swimming pool, and […]

With expansive views over the Kaimai Range and harbour, this Tauranga home by Kuriger Builders oozes rustic old world charm, blended in perfectly with its high-end modern features. This 500 sqm home won the company both a Top 100 and the Bay of Plenty & Central Plateau New Home ($1.5 million – $2million category) Gold […]

Aspiers Building (Andy Spiers) is all about getting out there and doing it. No pretenders approach to working, where simple simplicity rules, just well finished and precise work. Be passionate, be inspired and make a difference. As Sir Peter Blake said “To win, you have to believe you can do it. You have to be […]

Located close to Sumner Beach, this family home has been rebuilt after the Canterbury earthquakes, and will now live on to serve new generations of the same family.  The home that formerly stood here was crafted by the current owner’s father. Due to quake damage, it needed to be demolished but many of the materials […]

243 Lower Shotover Road is a fine large-lot residential property centrally located between Queenstown and Arrowtown within the popular rural-residential area known as the ‘Golden Triangle’. Sited on the beautifully manicured 6377 square metre site is an award winning Dravitski Brown designed, 440 square metre home consisting of two living areas, four bedrooms and four […]

Grand and inviting, this Pukekohe home makes the most of the wonderful rural views and is beautifully landscaped to create the perfect finish. Our clients explored all of their builder options and did their homework before meeting us and viewing our work. Their brief was a generous sized architectural home of 420sqm including four bedrooms, […]

Our modern colonial show home in Paerata Rise shows just one of the many building options that Navigation Homes can offer. This property is a taste of villa-meets-modern design perfection, offering loads of living space with the addition of home + income separation upstairs. Navigation Homes has been operating in the Counties area since 2007. […]

Hand-made feature trusses, solid oak timber flooring and Italian stone tiles feature in this award winning Mitchell Builders home in Paparoa. We are Master craftsmen builders with more than 40 years experience building exceptionally designed homes. We also specialise in commercial projects such as new offices, government infrastructure, as well as retail complexes and educational […]

This project started from a bare paddock on a heritage farm near Mt Kakapuku, with the landscaping underway well before the house construction. The design was evolved around the architectural building plans and involved hundreds of massive feature rocks sourced off the nearby mountain, riverstone walling, an extensive natural style stream, waterfall, pond and swimming […]

LOCHRYAN BUILDERS are fully licenced Bay of Plenty builders. Ryan, Rhys, Jordan and Kirt, leave a fantastic lasting impression in person and so do their finished projects. Ryan, has an eye for detail, high quality workmanship, professional project management and has a talented team to meet all your building requirements. This is what Ryans clients […]

Whether you’re after your first home, a new family home or a home for the beach – the dedicated team at A1homes Waihi/Coromandel offer a wide range of services to help make your build as stress-free and easy as possible. From kit home or full build options, through to some great house and land packages – […]

This Canterbury masterpiece earned Mike Greer Homes a Top 100 place and a regional Gold award in the new Home $1 million – $1.5 million category at the Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition in 2022. Clean, razor-edge lines greet you when you walk up the driveway, along with the charcoal metal and […]

Houses on sloping sections such as this fantastic build are our speciality at Wellington Builders Ltd. Our company has been providing top quality services to its clients since 1988, building high spec homes.  We understand that building projects are often stressful, and for that reason we aim to alleviate the pressure as much as possible […]

A perfect blend of nature and design Edged with rich native bush flush with manuka and kanuka the home blends wonderfully with the natural landscape. As to not take away from the stunning beauty of the bush, the architects specified red beech exterior panelling paired with Long Run cladding for durability. Inside, a simple palette […]

Angela Wynne’s exceptional eye for detail is obvious throughout this Morrinsville home. The Allure Interiors designer brings a classic but contemporary touch to her projects, and this proudly self-built home fits her niche perfectly. From the beaudoius off the master bedroom to the powder room downstairs, the inside of this home has a light feminine […]

With more New Zealanders looking to express their individuality through interior design, CuCo Design creates copper art installations for all of the functional areas in the home. Professional artist Jasmine Keir teamed up with sales and marketing manager Michelle van der Park to produce unique integrated installations that extend into every area of the home […]

This Nixon Homes build showcases a range of interesting features that really bring the place to life, including quality native timber for the cladding and interior details. The clients were keen to build something different, and decided on using Macrocarpa with Triclad board and batten. This lovely native wood has also been used for much […]