CASA DEL SOL
For as long as Monica Grimshaw can remember, she’s dreamt of living in a little villa on the Mediterranean coast. In her twenties she moved to London and saved up to spend her summers exploring the dreamy coastline and admiring its sun-soaked stone architecture. However, the idea to build her own Mediterranean home in New Zealand only came to her during the first lockdown in autumn, 2020. “I wanted to create a home that felt authentic, as if I had been transported back to a European villa in the summer,” Monica says.
Seven years ago, Monica and husband Justin fell in love with the surf town of
