Australian Country Homes

A WORK IN PROGRESS

It’s a universal given that most renovations grow beyond initial expectations, but when property developer John Boyd suggested to his fiancée, Marly Calladine, that they should build a small chapel for their impending wedding, they had little inkling of the Ben-Hur-style proportions the project would assume.

The event was planned for the grounds of the NSW Southern Highlands property John had owned since 2000. The house, which was unfinished and neglected at the time of purchase, had already had one extension

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