Grand Designs NZ 10-2

Creating a 50-metre long castle wall is just the first of many uphill battles a brave family faces as they tackle the gargantuan task of creating a Medieval Castle in north Canterbury.

Roland and Lucienne Vanderwal join forces with their son Michiel to build a home out of local schist, in the middle of their central Otago vineyard.

In North Canterbury Phil Metaxas takes on the ambitious task of completing another man’s dream – that of a post-modernist castle.