With fabulous views over Gisborne and Poverty Bay, DStevens won a national category award for this ‘Fab One’ home in 2021. Judges of the Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards said the hilltop views are a real standout of this well-located and functional home. It has been built with a 45sqm footprint and […]
This award-winning home by Design Builders Hawkes Bay is a fantastic fusion of design, style and pure practicality. Made to attract lots of admiring looks, flow and spectacular views are foundations of the design. There’s an emphasis on style – including the dark exterior joinery. High ceilings and cleverly designed kitchen and bathrooms appeal to […]
Strong, striking and sturdy best sums up this palatial property near Napier, with its commanding hilltop position. Expansive views have been gained through ample glazing, and this ehaus Hawkes Bay property earned Welch Builders a string of awards including regional kitchen excellence and category winner at the Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards […]
This low maintenance home in Napier won Gearey Homes the East Coast Registered Master Builder House of the Year regional category (New Home $450,000-$600,000) in 2019. Private and super-secure, the twin-gable house with its open-plan living forms the nucleus of everyday life, designed for functional family times and indoor-outdoor entertaining. The scullery is a brilliant […]
Jennian Homes is the most awarded building group in New Zealand, and our display homes are a reflection of the craftmanship and workmanship that we put into each and every build we do. Our original display home is sophisticated Hawke’s Bay living at its best. It features multiple outdoor areas in which to relax, either in […]
A very high level of craftsmanship by JPW Builders earned this home south of Napier an NZIA Gisborne Hawkes Bay Architecture Award in 2020. This architecturally-designed home takes full advantage of its rural setting with extensive views over the East coast and local vineyards. Clad in cedar and Corten steel, this generous 400sqm home of […]
This award-winning Landmark Homes Gisborne property is truely something special and that’s why it caught the judges eye at the Registered Master Builders House of the Year awards. As you drive through entry gates and along the circular driveway leading to the portico entrance of this impressive home, you instantly know this place is something. […]
If you have a bold vision for your dream home and want to deal with the best, talk to the custom home builders at Ryder Builders. Based in Paraparaumu, Ryder Builders has been in the building industry for over 10 years. In this time, we have successfully undertaken many complex builds on a variety of sites, including […]
This rural barn-style house with a mono pitch roof was built by Wairarapa-based construction company Rigg Zschokke. Also specialising in commercial as well as residential projects, our company was established in 1934 and we provide exceptional design and build services throughout the Wairarapa and wider New Zealand. What sets us apart is our well established […]
It has been a great few years for Dan Anderson Builders with a Top 100 placing in 2018, and the Nelson Regional Supreme Renovation of the Year, followed by another regional category win in 2019. The new build of this modern Nelson home started with the demolition of their existing house, and gave the owners […]
Three houses in one was the theme of this high-end holiday home for separate families at Pohara in the Golden Bay area. Constructed by Steve Chamberlain of Golden Bay Builders, this award-winning build not only made the Top 100 in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year, but also took out the craftmanship and […]
To understand this house, you must read between the lines. The lines of the boardwalk leading to the front door hint at the excellent views of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour hidden on the other side. The horizontal lines of the shuttered concrete wall in the central living area passively absorbs solar energy and distributes the warmth […]
As far as show homes go, this two-storied Design Builders Wellington house is a beauty, perched on a ridge with three sides connecting with a reserve covered in native bush. Not only an exemplar of good building practice, it also demonstrates what can be achieved on a tricky site, and how to beautifully settle a […]
You know this house is bold and brave as soon as you see the distinctive turquoise aluminium garage, jutting into the driveway on your arrival. However, it would be a mistake to judge the house on its exterior beauty alone. Mike Craig Builders have not only produced a finely crafted and expertly detailed house, it […]
With shoulders back and head up, this house stands proudly on a Korokoro rise looking out to green, lush native bush and insisting that the world looks back at it. The simple roofline, the mix of corrugated iron and timber cladding, is a reminder of tramping huts of old. This house is not a show […]
The reimagining of a once dilapidated rental property, into a multi-functional family home isn’t for the faint- hearted, especially when it sits on the cusp of New Zealand’s west coast. However, with 180-degree sea views and Kapiti Island in the near distance, the task was irresistible to a building crew who revel in taking on […]
A Wellington design for a Lake Hawea house near Wanaka won Parsonson Architects an NZIA Southern Award for Architecture in 2019. The house sits on a large, gently sloping piece of land at the edge of Lake Hawea and was built to replace an existing cottage, which had been a lakeside crib. The […]
On first viewing this Mt Victoria house you might presume that it has been in situ for a hundred years, it blends so beautifully with the other wooden villas and cottages in the neighbourhood. That presumption would be incorrect. This newly built house did replace a 1880s cottage, but the owners insisted that the replacement […]