Grand Designs Australia

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It was as if serendipity knocked twice for Di Foggo and Rod Moore. First on their discovery of Kyneton in 2006, a gourmet village in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges district, that was on the cusp of its own renaissance, having been a thriving commercial centre during the gold rush days of the 1850s. The second occasion resulted from a cheeky telephone call made by Di to the prominent architect of a local property after the style of the home caught her eye — and led to the suggestion that Intermode, an architect-designed prefabricated housing solution, was potentially the right fit for their aspirations.

Ironically, Di and Rod didn’t set out in search of a factory-built modular home. It was a juncture they arrived at after working through their requirements. In particular, they were motivated not to repeat their experience of extensive time and budget overruns from a previous Victorian timber

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