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Paint job is always a winner

In the booming Auckland property market, most money put into renovations will add to a house's value. But spend well and you could get up to $4 back for every $1 spent.

Our First Home: Schreuders win

The Schreuder family have won TVNZ’s Our First Home, with their renovated house selling for $721,000 — a 35.88 per cent profit.

Prefab homes get green tick

Prefabricated homes offering up to 15 per cent reductions in building costs are gaining a powerful boost from a green think-tank seeking sustainable ways of tackling the housing crisis.

More women doing DIY

The Kiwi bloke is a key part of NZ's collective self ideal, but new research shows it is now almost as likely to be his wife or daughter getting ready to roll up her sleeves.

Come on in - fancy homes on show

Lovers of innovative architecture will get the chance to step inside some of Auckland's most stylish homes in two upcoming house tours.

Architect's block design wins apartment competition

A rustic-style timber-clad high rise apartment block, has won a design competition to showcase more intensive Auckland building styles.

Top architects use their blocks

Hate apartment blocks? Then take a closer look at these five, shortlisted in a competition to win over Aucklanders sceptical about their city's intensification.