Building The Kiwi Dream

Matt and Kaylene Watson start their dream build a stunning Bay of Islands beach, but the build runs into issues early on and the couple don't see eye-to-eye.

The build is halted by an ancient Kauri tree beneath the ground, but even with costs ballooning, Matt and Kaylene aren't ready to make a compromise to their plans ? and they are in for a shock.

Matt is building an automatic window system, Kaylene and the builders doubt it will work, and it's a disaster when Matt's boat gets stuck on the beach.

The Watson's camp on site to take a break from the drama of the build, but a family fishing day provides even more drama when one of them faints while fighting a marlin.

Mother nature has thrown a lot at Matt and Kaylene Watson's dream build, and now a tsunami is tracking straight toward their beach front building site.

Mother nature continues to challenge Matt and Kaylene Watson build. And with money tight, Matt comes up with a scheme to get Kaylene to agree to purchasing a big screen TV for his man cave.

A year and a half into Matt and Kaylene Watson's dream build, there are tensions between the building team and the Watsons as the pressure goes on to finish the over-time and over-budget build.

To save money, Kaylene takes on more interior decorating, and Matt gets a digger and decides to install the swimming pool himself.

A cyclone is due to arrive the day the concrete driveway is poured. If the rain washes out the concrete, it's a 3 month delay and $100,000 down the drain. Matt makes the call to go ahead?

The builders have left and Matt and Kaylene Watson are left to finish their dream home themselves. After two and a half years, it's time to show what their dreams and hard work have come to.