You can imagine our surprise when Dale Alcock (the builder) nominated the house for the 2003 HIA Building Awards, in the over $125,000 spec category.
We didn't win, but we did get some nice photographs of the house from DMax Photography to go on this site - and we did get an article in the newspaper.
Note: The Spec category covers houses that were neither a custom design, nor a display house, but rather started off as a display and had then been modified to meet the special requirements of the owner. It has the advantage of attracting the cost benefits of a 'display house', without being restricted to the design.