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Every day is a holiday

Family love the security and space of their expansive home, writes Catherine Masters.

Lie of the land

Features confirmed everything about how she wanted her family to live.

On the dock of the bay

Couple have enjoyed watching the tide roll in and out for the past 30 years.

Taking in the harbour lights

Always something to catch your eye from boutique complex overlooking water.

Signature of classic design

Architect Sargisson's trademark features are there for all to see.

The days of Auckland surging alone are over

Expect old relationship between Auckland and regions like Napier to re-establish itself.

Purity of symmetry

Colleen and Grant instantly appreciated the clever design and build quality of this home.

Discovery of space and time

Journey to ideal home took lots of turns - until they realised what they really wanted.

Sale of the sense-ury

Couple tell Louise Richardson how coincidental meeting in cafe led to their best house.

Three of a kind score an ace

Old villa was once a 1970s party house in four flats - now it's two homes within a home.

Beefing up the sound barriers

'Noise' a source of pollution, writes Diana Clement.

Back on the farm again, sort of

Robyn Welsh meets a woman who walks down memory lane above city.

Loving the great outdoors

Horse-riding drew this family from Auckland to Karaka and they have never looked back.

Apartments sensible first home

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want.

Hidden gem off the main drag

Four-bedroom house down modest driveway has curiosity factor in spades.

Backyard bowls you over

Meet the Aussie who fired up the barbie and filled the esky for a backyard cricket match.

Stylish with touch of magic

Specialist renovator buys off plans and makes his own pad something special.

Just breathtaking

When Anne Wilson first glimpsed the house in Waitākere, it took her breath away.