Ideal response to idyllic setting

This airy home offers an architectural reference to the area's history, tones with the hills behind and optimises estuary outlooks at every turn

This beautiful timber clad costal Christchurch home emulates

The sky is captured along with the water

Water, water everywhere – transparent safety fencing lets

Crisp aluminium joinery frames the views. - Ideal

There's open plan, then there's open plan –

The wood and white entertainer's kitchen stands at

The front-of-house-kitchen is backed by a scullery that

Views to the estuary are optimised in almost

An attractive Limba Wallpaper by Casamance competes with

The lounge can be separated off from the

Designed by Fowler Homes Christchurch

From the home building company:

This beautiful timber clad costal Christchurch home emulates forms of the bygone seaside cottages with asymmetrical gable forms accentuated by negative spaces between.

The home is elevated on timber piles, reminiscent of a jetty projecting into the sea, anchored to the land and rocks by a concrete block garage.

The architect's brief was to see the estuary from all living areas of the house.

Due to the long narrow site, our design features a sheltered central courtyard that the bedroom space can look through to the sea while also overlooking the pool.

The living spaces are linked via glazing to ensure a view of the estuary right from the rear of the home.

The home features open-plan dining, kitchen, and casual seating areas as well as a separate lounge overlooking the water.

The three large bedrooms, an office, guest power room and two bathrooms are all spread over three split level floors.

The lighter, natural cedar cladding complements the surrounding tussocked Port Hills and the flaxpod roofing while aluminium joinery frames the views.

This home proves that to achieve excellent results requires a high level of detailed collaboration between the owner, architect, interior designers, landscape architect and builder.