WENDING PAST A REMARKABLE dry-stone wall ahead of Susie Kotiw’s Axe Creek home, 20 minutes’ drive south-east of Bendigo, the eye is drawn upward to an elegant dormer overlooking the Central Victorian landscape. Though this colonial-style cottage could pass as a 19th-century dwelling, it was in fact designed and largely constructed by Susie and her late husband, Charlie.
Over two decades, the couple meticulously hand-built their two-storey home using recycled and recovered materials to ensure every component carried a unique individual history. Sadly, Charlie passed
