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    THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, EASY LIVING

    Jun 14, 2018 4 minutes
    Words and photos by Robyn Rosenfeldt Illustration by Grace West

    The site of Marg and John Sandefur’s house was a bare paddock on top of a ridge overlooking the ocean. The views were amazing but their location meant they were exposed to some wild weather.

    They didn’t do the usual thing of building the house first then consider the landscaping. Instead Marg and John, with the help of Hugh Gravestein and his team at HG Eco Logic Constructions, designed from pattern to detail. By the time they’d moved in they had established shelter belts protecting their home and were eating from their fruit trees.

    Marg and John left Melbourne looking for a place that would provide them with an easy lifestyle in a beautiful

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