WHITFORD BARN Barn-Style New-Build, Clevedon Valley — in collaboration with WG de Gruchy Construction

Some projects arrive with an exceptional address. This one arrived with an exceptional client.

Willi de Gruchy of WG de Gruchy Construction — the firm behind landmark projects including Tantalus Vineyards on Waiheke and the widely celebrated Volcano House, featured on TVNZ's New Zealand's Best Homes — approached Macfie Architecture with a hilltop site in Whitford and a vision to match it. Sweeping views across the Clevedon Valley, and the ambition to build something worthy of them.

The design is an L-shaped barn form, conceived and executed across two distinct phases — a practical approach that allows the project to grow with the family over time without compromising the integrity of the whole. The completed first phase establishes the heart of the home: two children's bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen, dining area, and master suite, each wing oriented to capture the valley views through expansive bifold doors that bring the outside in at every opportunity.

The second phase will add a guest suite, secondary living area, and bathroom, connected to the existing wing by a generous outdoor entertainment area — completing the L and delivering the full vision the site has always deserved.

Considered, unhurried, and built to last. A collaboration between two families who understand that the best things are worth doing properly.

Project Scope - concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring

Build by WG de Gruchy Construction