The House with a Crooked Smile

Résumé du livre

This is a detailed account of the design, construction, and initial occupance of a retirement home in the coastal resort of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It covers the choice of a retirement location, the choice and purchase of a building block, the engagement of an architect and builder, the opposition of neighbours and Council to the design, the costs and chronology of construction, and the consequences following the bankruptcy of the builder.