The family wished to rebuild the main house, but still wanted to live on site, so they prepared by first building a secondary dwelling.
The site is situated in the serene woodlands of Oately, and slopes heavily to the rear.
There are various challenges to the design of this site, including being in a flood zone, and part of the site being in the foreshore area.
This made siting the building rather challenging as almost half of the site is unable to be developed.