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Fairytale Ending

Tanya and Dominic renovated an "ugly duckling" with the views and space they wanted, creating a cedar-clad contemporary home on Christchurch's Cashmere Hills. In this episode, Your Home & Garden editor Fiona Hawtin discusses the major home renovation with Tanya and Dominic. See more of this home at https://www.vantage.co.nz/fairytale-ending

Full Transparency

One family gives new meaning to indoor-outdoor flow with a new home, where they can see the front and back yard from the open-plan living space. Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona Hawtin, speaks with Daryl of DJ Hewitt Builders about the vision for this Christchurch build. See the full gallery and video at https://www.vantage.co.nz/full-transparency

Water, Water Everywhere

Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona Hawtin, speaks with Toni and Warren about their dream home on the Whitianga Waterways. The couple enlisted architect Brendon Gordon to realise their vision for a functional home their children and grandchildren could also enjoy. Brendon was adamant they see the water from all parts of the house, even the swimming pool, which is to the back of the house. Through the two sets of sliding doors in the open-plan area, the couple can view what’s happening on the wa...

High & Mighty

A Christchurch home on a steep site required an innovative design, which meant plenty of sharp angles. Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona Hawton, chats with homeowner Marie Parsons about the apartment-like home they created with Max Capocaccia from MC Architecture Studio. See the full story at vantage.co.nz/high-and-mighty

Forward Thinking

No one knows the future, but that’s not stopping Julian Waters from planning for it. He wants to enjoy his striking, modern Whitianga home for as long as possible, delighting in the indoor-outdoor living going from the pool and his bedroom with ease.  See the full story at https://www.vantage.co.nz/forward-thinking

Where the Pheasants Fly | Vantage and YH&G

Simon and Sarah  are city people used to having neighbours in close proximity. Simon used to call Ponsonby home and Sarah hails from Berlin. Now, their closest neighbours are pheasants and bulls.

Long Time Coming

Mountains of Appeal

Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with Craig and Natalie about the holiday home they built to enjoy during school holidays with their three children.  Explore more from this home: vantage.co.nz/mountains-of-appeal

Sea Change

Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with architects, Brian White and Harry Croucher of Edwards White Architects about this new home designed for a family who were making a lifestyle change by moving to Raglan, New Zealand. Explore more from this home: vantage.co.nz/sea-change

Home again

Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with architect and homeowner, Jonathon Kennedy of Sheppard & Rout Architects about his new home built on the site of his childhood house in Christchurch, New Zealand. Explore more from this home: vantage.co.nz/home-again

Change of pace

This sun-drenched home was designed to perfectly suit a couple with plans of retiring. Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona, speaks with architect Richard Furze about this home in Omokoroa designed for his clients based in Auckland.  See more about this home: vantage.co.nz/change-of-pace

And breathe

Fiona Hawtin, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with Rochelle and Stuart Wilson about their new opulent family home which was also designed to be luxury accommodation for guests to completely relax.  Explore more from this home: vantage.co.nz/and-breathe

Serial builders

Your Home & Garden NZ editor, Fiona Hawtin, speaks with a husband-and-wife team, who cannot seem to stop building houses. They speak about a home in Kumeu they have just built which is just right. See more from this home: vantage.co.nz/serial-builders

Site for sore eyes

Listen in as Fiona Hawtin, editor of Your Home & Garden, speaks with homeowners, Cathie and Jono Staines’ about their home on the clifftop above Murray’s Bay, with its sweeping sea views across to Rangitoto and beyond, is so prized by the couple that, rather than move, they simply rebuild.  See more from this home: vantage.co.nz/site-for-sore-eyes

To the lighthouse

Fiona Hawtin, editor of Your Home & Garden magazine speaks to Tim and Polly Dagg about their new home in Christchurch built to be completely private from the front, open at the back and with a surprising night-time element. See more from this home: vantage.co.nz/to-the-lighthouse

Natural Selection

When a builder and an interior designer created their own home, the result was a considered house rich in details. Fiona Hawtin, editor of Your Home & Garden, talks with interior designer/homeowner Bronwyn Turton about their rural Waikato home.  For the video and gallery of this home visit https://www.vantage.co.nz/natural-selection

Work the Angles

Fiona Hawtin, editor of Your Home & Garden, talks with homeowner David Beattie who shares how he and his wife created their Bowentown bach to combine their love of nature and great architecture For the video and gallery of this home visit https://www.vantage.co.nz/work-the-angles