Escape to the Perfect Town

Steve Brown guides his confirmed bachelor buyer around the Guildford housing market to see what his '420,000 budget will buy him outside of London.

Grand Designs New Zealand

Swedish architect Josefine Watterson is building a passive house in Featherston to achieve Certified Passive House Designer status, featuring triple-glazed windows and Adobo cladding.

Sarah’s Mountain Escape

Designer, Sarah Richardson and her husband Alex, head west to take on her biggest challenge yet: purchasing a dated and drab 5,000-square-foot Bavarian-inspired B&B in Whistler, British Columbia.

Jamie’s 30 minute meals

Jamie makes roast beef with baby yorkies, little carrots, crispy potatoes and super-quick gravy, all, amazingly, in half an hour.

The Gardener and Friends

We look at ferns and why you should have them in your garden. Adding colour to river stones makes for a great garden feature. We visit a beautiful garden in Noorhoek and consider paving options for pool areas.