Moving Houses - Season 1

Leonie & Brendon bought a spectacular 110-year-old villa online and now have a big challenge on their hands. The house has to be moved off its site in a month - and they don't yet have a relocation company to move it or a piece of land to put it on.

Jeff and Robin went shopping for a secondhand shed to put next to their tiny house - and instead fell in love with a dilapidated 100-year-old homestead. Romantics at heart, they're intent on rescuing a bit of local history.

A sprawling ranch house must be cut in half and trucked along a dirt track up to a summit on a Port Hills farm. The journey is so steep that a bulldozer will have to help pull the weight.

Trish and Colin bought an abandoned railway carriage on Trade Me with the idea of creating accommodation on their Hastings property. But craning it onto a truck and taking it through the tight bends around Lake Taupo prove to be a huge challenge!

Monique and Graham bought a charming 1920s cottage to relocate to their rural section - but neither of them were prepared for the fact that their new home must be chainsawed in half to make it down narrow country roads in the dead of night.

A Scottish couple has found the section of their dreams on a remote hilltop in the South Island - but the house of their dreams is in a relocation yard 600 kilometres away.

Marli and David live in Canada but want to retire to scenic Waiheke Island. They've fallen in love with a stylish pre-built home - but getting it to the island will involve a tricky harbour crossing.

Jacob and Teresa are relocating two brand-new pre-built houses from Auckland to their property among the vineyards, just out of Martinborough. But with a snowstorm on the way and a waterlogged section, will they be able to make their dream a reality?

Tony and Kirsten are about to embark on their fifth house relocation - but the pandemic meant they lost out on a beautiful villa and instead they must move an old bungalow. Will they love their new home or be eyeing up move #6?

Brett and Hollis want to save a 100-year-old church from demolition and move it to their property in Queenstown. Unfortunately, the church is huge and the route treacherous and narrow - will the building arrive in one piece?