We're nearly done building our replica villa on the Kapiti Coast. This is my blog which has been taken over by updates on the project. You can also see some pics and some technical stuff about systems, insulation, home-networking and the like.
I also use several online forums, interested in folk attempting similar things. (I post as "phptek")
I couldn't tell you if this is a good, a bad or just a ridiculous thing but - here's the world's first submersible car...