Water, water EVERYWHERE

Choosing to build on the Whitianga Waterways was very much Plan B for one couple, but it now feels like it was meant to be

To best view Warren and Toni Griffin's house from the front you'll need a boat. From the street, you'll see the garage and back of the house. This three-bedroom home with 2.5 bathrooms, two lounges, two laundries, a large open-plan kitchen, dining and living space faces out to Whitianga Waterways in the Coromandel.

It's a sprawling vision in cedar and Hinuera stone - to remind Toni of her Matamata childhood - and walls of floor-to-ceiling Vantage Metro Series sliding doors. It's these doors that bring drama to the home from the water and provide seamless indoor-outdoor flow.