Lifestyle block

Here’s how to create a future-proof plan for your block that means you do it once and do it right. Words: Sheryn Dean I am a planner. Ask me what my life will be like in 10 years and I will tell you Plan A. I say failure to plan is planning to fail. But that doesn’t mean plans are set in stone. They can be added to, altered, or discarded. However, if you don’t know where you are going, you won’t get there. My block has been planned from the beginning. I asked a lot of people, did a

These showstopping lifestyle blocks from around New Zealand will make you want to pack your bags and head to the country immediately

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They say good things come in threes and that’s certainly the case for this family, whose rural property on the outskirts of Greytown was completed in three very different stages “We didn’t have an ultimate plan for this house,” says Jo Lysaght, a graphic designer and co-owner of online homeware store Caravan Homewares. “But over […]

Large contemporary home on lifestyle block features outdoor room, exposed trusses in spacious living area, expansive decks

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A farming family decided to start from scratch rather than renovate – the results are a modern farmhouse that’s everything they dreamed of and more “I’ve never really thought of myself as having a certain ‘style’ but for this home we wanted to go for a modern country look,” Sarah explains. “I wanted to mirror […]

If it weren’t for chocolate and coffee, Angela Clifford and her family would be mostly self-sufficient food-wise from their bountiful organic block. Words: Nadene Hall Images: Angela Clifford, additional images: Made North Canterbury Who: Angela Clifford, Nick Gill, Ruby, Flynn & Matilda What: The Food Farm Land: 6.5ha (16 acres) Where: Amberley, 50km north of Christchurch One step out their front door and you enter the heart of The Food Farm’s huge permaculture garden, bursting with annual…

The island’s only beachfront hotel has been carefully redesigned, bringing a fresh perspective to its New England charm.