Some stories start quietly, gradually. This one began with an earthquake.
Though the clients originally moved to Christchurch to be closer to their elderly parents, a catastrophic earthquake sent them back to Melbourne. There, they began to plan for a home in which three generations of the family — the clients, their children and their elderly parents — could live.
After investigating an off-the-shelf dual occupancy, the clients moved away from this idea as they felt the plan was too inflexible for the orientation of their lot. They approached