Australian House & Garden

ITS OWN TALE

“THE HOUSE EVOLVED ORGANICALLY DEPENDING ON OUR NEEDS, OUR FINDS AND THE WAY WE WANTED TO LIVE.”
Darren, owner

A Melbourne couple knew from the moment they drove through the gates of this property, and beneath its stately 100-year-old cypress trees, that there was great potential in what lay before them. The secluded 1880s cottage Donna and Darren had set out to see might have been badly rundown, but it was nestled among towering bald hills and offered a beautiful, expansive outlook.

Bought in 1999, the house –

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