Grand Designs New Zealand
Architect Chris Moller follows the progress of interesting and ambitious house building projects, speaking with the owners and tracking the ups and downs of the design, construction and moving in. It is the NZ version of UK series Grand Designs.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Chris Moller , Nic Ballara , Sarah Anning , Scott Lawrie , Marty Verry , Diane Divett , Gus Anning , Callie Ballara , Morella Verry , Chrissy Sygrove , Steve Sygrove , Hamish Divett , Andrei Martin , Gayle Avery , Wendy Grell , Abby Martin , Joyce Fitzmaurice , Andy Macbeth
S5.E1 ∙ Burnt Timber Pavillion
Wanting to keep her parents close after their passing the wife is planning features to remind and honour their memory in this huge burnt wood clad mansion.
S5.E2 ∙ Suspended Glass Home
A site with a river running through it would put most people off. But not Harlem and Nicola who attempt to build a glass-house on a bridge over the water.
S5.E3 ∙ Wanaka Wedge
Musicians Justine Cormack and Marc Taddei swap their Auckland home for the mountains of Central Otago. They risk all by adapting an American design for the Southern Hemisphere.
S5.E4 ∙ Beach Escape
David and Tracey share a passion for architecture, but with diverging taste. Their joint home in Waipu Cove results in a clash of wills and an epic battle over the budget and infinity pool.
S5.E5 ∙ Taylors Mistake
Six years in the making, Craig Jarvis' tiny 65 square metre home overlooking Taylor's Mistake is Grand Designs' longest running house build. Hand built, but is it finally finished?
S5.E6 ∙ Medieval Castle
Creating a 50-metre long castle wall is just the first of many uphill battles a brave family faces as they tackle the gargantuan task of creating a Medieval Castle in north Canterbury.
S5.E7 ∙ Grand Designs Revisited
Chris Moller takes a tour of three exceptional Grand Designs homes from the last four seasons to see how they've developed and to ask the big question - was it all worth it?
S5.E8 ∙ Back to the Music Box
Mahuia and Mindy are preparing to be the first-time parents and want to build a family home that will double as a recording studio and a rooftop performance space. We take you back to the home doubling as a recording studio as Mahuia and Mindy try to find harmony between an inspirational music space and a place to raise their family.
S5.E9 ∙ The Concreteologist - Revisted
One of Grand Designs' most compelling builds, in which concretologist Ross risks life and limb to create a towering home for his family on the cliffs of Pt Chevalier.
