A beautiful video gift from Rhys. The Story of a Maraetotara home. Visited My Parents home for the first time last Chrissy and thought i'd make a story of the build. What a great place and story, family and friends getting together to build a dream home and good memories.
Read MoreIt’s all done, finished.. thats it.. Sad but great.. mixed feelings. A HUGE thankyou to everyone who had a hand in creating our dream home, wishing you all a happy new year and bring on the new decade!
Read MoreSo here it is! the BIG 2 month monster catchup post for the many final touches and.. drum-roll… we have fully moved out of the B&B flat into the main house back in October :-)
Read MoreAs August becomes September and Winter becomes Spring, we have entered the home stretch with the finish line for the house build clearly in sight. Of course there is still plenty of finishing work to complete, here’s a catchup consisting mainly of photos taken over the last month…
Read MoreWe have just hosted an international group of 30 South East Asian Government Officials, from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia and East Timor, who are in New Zealand for english language immersion while studying renewable energy
Read MoreThis is the second art project inspired, once again, by Pat who mentioned casually this decoration technique called Sgraffito (graffito).
Read MoreThere are a lot of pictures in this update as we showcase some of the factory work and installation shots for our interior joinery…
Read MoreWe are very happy and grateful to report that we have moved into our self contained B&B flat a.k.a Granny Flat in July as planned…. Yeeeharrr!!
Read MoreAt the start of our build back in October 2018 we set the ambitious target of July 2019 to move in to our self contained B&B flat (a.k.a Granny flat) and the big push has been about making that plan a reality as winter sets in.
Read MoreSeveral of our Neighbours joined us for a mid-winter pizza oven lunch, glorious (fresh..) weather, great company and great food.
Read MoreA quick update to share some more building advances, showcasing the ongoing plastering work and cladding on the non-strawbale walls of the house, and it’s also an opportunity to introduce two co-creators who have been lending a helping hand in recent months.
Read MoreI promised another oven update when we had cooked our first pizzas, and here it is :-) including a short video…
Read MoreWe invited back Byrons team from Polished Flooring Solutions for an important pre-requisite for us moving into the B&B flat.. polishing the concrete floors!
Read MoreAnother really big, time consuming, piece of the building puzzle.. putting up the ceilings. While Pat and I were pumping mud onto the walls outside, Nils has been very busy inside…
Read MoreA quick post to record a fun sleepover with our grand-daughter Georgia in the caravan on-site at Nga Kereru, pictures capture the feel…
Read MoreThe build of our interior joinery for the kitchen, pantry and garage continues. Up-cycling old solid timber cabinets, they look amazing finished in natural oil.
Read MoreThe Hawkes Bay Sustainable Building Group and Green Drinks make a combined site visit to Nga Kereru. These groups increase awareness of sustainable approaches, promote local sustainable building solutions and encourage people who would like to live more sustainably to take the leap and act on their good intentions.
Read MoreA big update focused on the epic process of supply and installation of our solid timber, passivhaus certified exterior joinery and a quick update on the interior joinery..
Read MoreThe answer to the question Pizza Oven? is Yes! we are building a cob pizza oven! A post outlining how we did it, step by step and some helpful resources for more info..
Read MoreThe idea of doing a relief started when we went to look at another strawbale house that had a tree of life relief on an external wall - it looked amazing! So we thought we could do something similar on the west wall of the house…
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