nature trail

When a Victorian couple set their eyes on a lush parcel of land, they let the site inspire their dream-house design

WORDS HARRIET SIM

cheat sheet Who lives here Retired couple Chris and Yolande Derham with their kelpie, Bindi. Style of home A contemporary new build that blends into its Victorian landscape and maximises views of the coast. The first plans were drawn up in June 2018 and construction began in December of that year. All the work was complete by August 2020. There’s something instinctual about ditching the humdrum of city life and retreating to the shores of a sleepy coastal stretch. So when retirees Chris and Yolande Derham decided to bid farewell to their Canberra home and head south to Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, they knew that a return to nature would be the perfect place to begin their next adventure. “We moved to be near family after spending 52 years living and working in Canberra,” says…

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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2022

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