Dating back to 1910, this Te Awamutu farmhouse has been brought into the 21st Century, doubling in both size and practicality, while retaining a sense of yesteryear. Keeping the look and feel of the original home open plan spaces flow onto large covered verandahs. A sleek designer kitchen, making this home as luxurious as it is charming.

The inside-out makeover of this 1960s farmhouse has left it unrecognisable. Stripped back to the bare bones and reconfigured to create modern, open living spaces to meet the lifestyle needs on this rural property. Same footprint, same memories, brand new home.

The old and the new co-exist in perfect harmony in this 1950s family home. Incorporating original features, such as wooden windows and French doors, into the design, alongside new aluminium joinery. Quirky room shapes were retained, resulting in home that is as interesting as it is modern. .

It was a back-to-front makeover for this Ngongotaha home, where the kitchen, dining and lounge were swapped with the bedrooms, to create a sunny, north-facing living area with sweeping rural views. Having previously been moved onto the site and added to, the house was literally facing the wrong way, but its owners are now enjoying the brighter side of life..

A breathtaking view needs to be inhaled – and that can’t be done from behind closed doors. This much-loved bach on the shores of Lake Tarawera was stripped right back to its frame, providing the perfect template for a new, modernised interior that would bring the outdoors in. There is no ‘roughing it’ here.