A remarkable building

But the story begins earlier, when Adelaide-born airline pilot Ben and nurse Anneke, needing regular breaks from busy professional lives in Hong Kong, chose the Fleurieu Peninsula for holidays. The trips became so regular that, after years of renting, they bought a holiday home at Middleton, where they could enjoy the coastal lifestyle with their young sons and extended family. Eventually they made the decision to move back to Oz in 2006 and made the holiday house their permanent home.

But this was not to last. On a back road drive, close to Inman Valley a year later, a grand idea was born. ‘We drove down Inman Valley Road and saw this block for sale and thought it would be a great spot to build,’ says Ben. Unencumbered views and an open paddock with no existing buildings became the perfect location for an ambitious project.

After spending only a few minutes chatting about this undertaking, I conclude that