For the best in contemporary family living, Urban Homes’ new 233sqm show home in Hamilton has plenty to offer. There’s a sense of mid-century style in the spacious sunny rooms with ample natural light, very cleverly updated for modern living in a fresh, crisp palette. The spacious plan of four bedrooms, two bathrooms and two living spaces with open-plan kitchen/dining gives families full flexibility for how they want to live their lives. Throw a dinner party and let the children take over one of the living areas, while adults can enjoy separate grown-up conversation. Raw materials are used both inside and out, with ​vertical cedar lined walls a feature in one living area and stacked brick used in the entrance and hallway. Throw open the double slider doors that lead from the open-plan dining/kitchen/living zone onto the enclosed, shaded deck. This becomes an extra living area for entertaining friends with cocktails, or relaxing beside the verdant vertical garden wall and outdoor fire.