Models need a home

A season one contestant leaves the Next Top Model house on Auckland's North Shore. Photo / Herald on Sunday

The hunt is on for the perfect pad to house the contestants for New Zealand's Next Top Model.

Auditions for the second series of the TV3 reality show concluded this week, but the show's producers are still searching for the right "luxurious" accommodation for the 13 finalists.

The young women who make it through will live together, between photoshoots, challenges and eliminations.

In the first series, which was won by Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie, the contestants were housed in a multimillion-dollar pad owned by Seeby Woodhouse in Campbells Bay on Auckland's North Shore. The house boasted a pool, a wet bar, indoor and outdoor jacuzzis and a home theatre.

Executive producer John McDonald said his team had looked at houses in Remuera, St Heliers and Mission Bay, but were widening their search.

"The key thing is that is has to be luxurious - a lovely place for the girls to be, because they'll be spending a lot of time there.

"It's got to have a reasonable amount of seclusion to it and something hot for the girls to sit in, of course, like a hot pool or spa pool."

McDonald said there had to be at least four bedrooms plus an extra room for a female chaperone.

There also had to be enough space for up to three film crews.