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The saying goes that builders never finish work on their own home – but this was certainly not the case when husband and wife team Joe and Lisa Byrne built in Millwater.
Byrne Homes won gold in the recent Auckland Regional Registered Master Builders House of the Year, in the Builder’s Own Home category.
Joe has been a builder for 15 years and designer Lisa takes charge of the interiors.
They completed their own home last year and live there with children Sophie and Jack.
Built into a hill to achieve maximum views and sun, the home makes the most of the site. It was designed by local architects LTD Architectural.
Extensive use of poured in situ concrete is a feature of the basement level, with a vertical aluminium pod above housing the gallery style living space and a cedar bedroom pod above that. The living floor flows through to the outdoor spaces, which have sea views.
Joe says that the design took into account the needs of a growing family and amalgamating work and home life in one building.
The House of the Year competition assessed over 340 homes throughout the country for the 2018 awards. The Auckland Regional winners were announced on August 4 and the national final is on November 24.
Other local regional winners include a gold for Glover Homes for a home in Dairy Flat (over $2 million category); gold for Sentinel Homes for a home in Stanmore Bay (up to $450,000); gold for Maddren Homes for a home in Silverdale ($700,000-$1 million); and silver awards for Sentinel Homes, Maddren Homes and Ken Wilson Builders in a range of categories.
