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Not many new homeowners can boast that their house arrived via police escort, but the Lees certainly can. “We had to shut down the street from 6am when the truck from Melbourne arrived with our house on it, plus a 100-tonne crane,” says Bruce. “And basically that was what we had to plan the entire project around – we live on a street that is a thoroughfare for school drops-offs, so we had to make sure our home arrived during the holidays.” Working back from this date, the home, delivery and fit-out all had to be carefully planned to meet the deadline. “They did it with no worries,” says Bruce.

The transformation from empty block to new home stirred up a lot of interest in the street. “We had people with cameras stopping and taking pictures as the first module was craned into position,” says Bruce.

The couple admit to feeling nervous as the home connected into place, but they needn’t have worried. “My heart was in my mouth as the first two modules were slowly craned into position,” says Bruce. “But it all fit together perfectly like Lego,” says Pippa.

After the surge of activity, it was six weeks until the family could move in, ensuring the bathroom, kitchen and laundry were completed, and that the internal furnishings were in and looking like the home had been there all along. For more info on the companies involved in this project, visit thedesignory.com.au, prebuilt.com.au and pleysierperkins.com.au.