Hideaway Home

Our clients wanted a private luxurious hideaway for themselves and their visitors to spend time in when visiting New Zealand from their native USA. The location, directly adjacent to the first fairway on one of the world’s most well-known and respected golf courses certainly added a hint of complexity to an otherwise quite simply stated brief. A palette of subtle, natural textures was chosen, along with a simple and elegant form, to hide the building ‘in plain sight’. Located only seventy metres from the middle of the first fairway, the house barely attracts attention, with many golfers failing to notice this gem nestled amongst the sand dunes and vegetation that itself forms part of the complexity of this challenging links. Working with our internationally respected interior designer client was certainly rewarding, and meant we were encouraged to work at a level of detail seldom touched upon in residential design in New Zealand. The result has been a carefully crafted and beautifully built house that belies its simplicity and delivers a relaxing and calming living environment for its owners and visitors. From the Client -  "We very much wanted to work with Abri to achieve the very best outcome for our site at Tara Iti. Building a new home halfway across the globe during the Covid pandemic certainly had its challenges ! Working with the team at Abri was easy and enjoyable. I felt no concerns or worries about the outcome. The home entertains and lives well with us when we are there. We are very pleased with how it ‘feels’. We’ve had such wonderful feedback and comment. One of the most common comments we have had is that it feels ‘gracious’."