Grand Designs Australia

A HOME FOR THE AGES

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

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