Think of apartments or duplex homes, and your mind doesn’t automatically spring to expansive living areas and multiple bedrooms with their own exquisitely tiled bathrooms. But these 300sqm mirror-image luxury homes have all the bells and whistles, and because of top-notch design, they also have space to burn. Architecturally designed and part of an upscale village, each is kitted out with butler’s pantry, open-plan living and dining area, internal-access garage, and the first of three bedrooms with their own ensuites on the ground floor. Upstairs are two more bedrooms, each with pitched ceilings and walk-in wardrobes, and a study. Yes, there’s plenty here in terms of space and must-haves, but there is also a focus on elegance and style. The exterior of the homes, in vertical timber and black steel, displays angles and recesses that require, time, skill and creativity. The same can be said of the interiors. Schist features pop in the downstairs living area, dark floor-to-ceiling timber balusters separate the entrance from the stairwell, and almost the entire lower-level can be opened up to a private courtyard. Which is precisely where you want to be on warm Central Otago summer evenings.