Episode 1
Chatham Islands
Oct 18, 2022
After renting the local schoolhouse for 20 years, Chatham Islanders John and Bridget Preece are finally embarking on their own dream build. But will the challenges of building on a remote island prove to be their undoing?
Episode 2
Okaihau
Oct 25, 2022
In Kerikeri, local weekend market and café owners Warrick and Judy Hyland are building the biggest house they can on a budget.
Episode 3
Lake House
Nov 1, 2022
On the shores of Lake Tarawera, kiwi fruit farmers Stew and Gill Moss are building a final family home in time for Gill's 60th birthday party.
Episode 4
Round House
Nov 8, 2022
Carefree childhood memories are the inspiration behind 32-year-old James Davis' complex build on the Kapiti Coast.
Episode 5
Container House
Nov 15, 2022
Tony Hodge discovers that building with the humble container is not as easy as he thought it would be on his unforgiving, vertiginous, bush clad site on Waiheke Island.
Episode 6
Passive House
Nov 22, 2022
In Featherston, Swedish architect Josefine Watterson tackles the challenge of creating a Passive House for her young family in pursuit of both a more sustainable lifestyle.
Episode 7
Castello
Nov 29, 2022
In North Canterbury Phil Metaxas takes on the ambitious task of completing another man's dream - that of a post-modernist castle.
Episode 8
Sand Dune
Dec 6, 2022
Charles Webster, a man with a passion for technical engineering, and his wife Yvonne pour their energy into creating a home in the shape of a sand dune on the Coromandel Peninsula.
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