Seaside Luxury: Architectural beachside living in Sumner

Beachfront living doesn’t come more luxurious than the groundbreaking $120 million Beachside Sumner development. A collaboration between renowned architectural visionaries James Lunday and Roger Walker, it promises unparalleled luxury by the seaside. Beachside, is under way on the high-profile corner site of Marriner Street and the Esplanade. It will be completed with six […]

Breathtaking outdoor rooms: Kolorful Kanvas

While people love to socialise and dine alfresco, the joy can fade when the weather or temperatures change for the worse. By screening an outdoor relaxation space, it immediately creates an ambience of warmth, cosiness, and shelter from whatever is happening outside. Outdoor screens beautify not only the outdoor spaces around homes, but […]

Enhance your home: Shades Direct

Kiwis enjoy the great outdoors even during the colder months, often making the most of their outside spaces thanks to awnings, canopies, and screens. Entertaining family and friends at home or the bach, is our happy place. Creating all-weather outdoor spaces so we can take pleasure in nature is specialist Canterbury company Shades […]

Sick Home Syndrome

Medical experts in New Zealand and Australia are noticing a rise in “sick home syndrome”, both at home and in offices. Sick home syndrome is your body’s reaction to pathogens, mould, toxic chemicals, or lack of proper ventilation. Various reasons leading to symptoms include: Chemical contamination, including tobacco smoke, copy machine fumes, formaldehyde […]

Cold climate plants

Many native and exotic plants, shrubs, and trees available in New Zealand are tougher than they look, surviving low temperatures, droughts, frosts, poor soil, and occasional neglect or improper care. Seasonal changes bring challenges for gardeners, especially in colder climate areas such as Canterbury. The trick is to choose plants that survive and […]

Passport not required: Stay Geraldine

Ask a Christchurch resident what they know of Fiery Peak, and chances are, they will guess a volcanic hot-spot on some far-flung continent. Uh-uh. Guess again. Fiery Peak numbers alongside the many mountains of our own Southern Alps, and can be appreciated in all its splendour while breakfasting in bed. Stay Geraldine’s new […]

Exceptional food, impeccable service: No.31 Restaurant

Hanmer Springs is known for its many attractions, such as thermal pools, jet boating on the Waiau River, bungy jumping in the Waiau Gorge and many more adventures besides. So it is hardly surprising that there is a multi-award winning restaurant in the village as well. No. 31 Restaurant is located in a […]

Homes to get your heart racing: Heartland Homes

Our heart rate mirrors our feelings. When someone or something we love comes into view, it can send those beats per minute soaring. When relaxed and secure, the heartbeat returns to its comfortable resting rate. A Heartland home can have this very effect on people. The excitement of love at first sight leads […]

Add a glow to your cedar cladding: Cedar Tech

Cedar is known as the Rolls-Royce of cladding systems. Just like any premium product, it requires a premium and specialist level of service to maintain it. If you own a cedar-clad home or are looking at buying or building, denying maintenance requirements won’t make them go away. Cedar maintenance and restoration is a […]

Clean paws, happy dogs: K9000 Dog Wash

As the cold, wet weather sets in, it can be a struggle to keep your canine clean. Bathing dogs at home often leads to a mess, with fur and dirt clogging up your bath or shower. This winter, treat your dog, and yourself, to the convenience of the K9000 Dog Wash Systems. Located […]