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A joint venture between Ginninderry and the Master Builders Association of ACT. The build has been lead by Jo Farrell of Kane Construction, with a specific focus on promoting opportunities for women in construction.

Proceeds from the sale will be donated through Hands across Canberra to Pegasus Riding for the Disabled, Karinya House and Canberra City Care.

The marketing and auction of the home is a joint collaboration across four Canberra Agencies including home.byholly, Ray White Canberra, LJ Hooker Kippax and MARQ under the guidance of portal partner Zango.

A thoughtful collaboration between a committed builder and passionate team, all working together to support local charities, has generated stunning results. Named in honour of Rachel Makinson, the first female physicist to hold the position of chief research scientist at CSIRO, it is a fitting locale for a project that champions the skills and craftmanship of women working within the construction industry.

When we were approached by local photography business ‘Heartstory’ to collaborate on their ‘Canberra At Home’ project – for us, it was a no-brainer.

We met Katie and Jeremy from Heartstory a few years ago when they were searching for a new home. We immediately connected with them through our love of mid century architecture and quickly realised our passion for Canberra and our approach to business was also aligned.

In our opinion this project could not have come at a better time – the last few years has caused many of us to re-imagine what we value about our homes and communities, so this celebration of the Canberran lifestyle resonates deeply.

Introducing… Canberra At Home. A photography project that visually tells stories about homes in Canberra and the lives of the people that fill them.

The project will feature 50 Canberra families, photographed at their homes by Heartstory’s Jeremy Byrnes and Katie Kolenberg (both national award winning portrait photographers – holding the Australian title of Family Photographer of the Year in 2015 and 2017 and ACT Professional Photographer of the Year in 2018) with a mission to celebrate Canberra families and their homes, and the ways we use our personal spaces to create connection and meaning with the people we love.

How to be involved – to be considered, families will apply for the project and successful applicants will receive a Heartstory portrait experience and inclusion of a double page spread in the Canberra at Home book.

Heartstory are looking for a diversity of homes and families that truly represent Canberra! New homes, old homes, renovated homes and unusual/quirky homes. They are seeking families with and without kids, families with and without pets and multi-generation families, families who live all over Canberra. The only requirement is that you love your home and how you live in it.

When all the photography sessions are complete, Heartstory will publish a beautiful coffee table book called Canberra at Home featuring stand out photographs from each at home session. The goal for this book is that it will become an important piece of social history about Canberra and available in bookstores around the territory.

This project is for people who love design, architecture, functionality, family, homes, lifestyle, space, creativity, objects, stories, people, craftsmanship and aesthetics.  It’s for you, and it’s for Canberra.

2021 has, so far, simply been one of the strongest years we’ve seen in real estate in Canberra for a very long time. We could speak to the days on market, the strength in sale prices or the sheer number of buyers that are in the market, but as you would expect from home.byholly there’s so much more to it than that!

Without peeling back the layers too much, and deep-diving into the experiences that the past twelve months have delivered, we can all understand and find a quiet moment to reflect on the place we want to be. Right here, right now, in our beautiful city, Canberra.

Last year we started a movement, a movement to support local, reduce our impact on the environment and celebrate the city we all call home. We are proud to say that our efforts are bearing fruit. Our environmental footprint is lighter, we’ve spent countless hours supporting our local communities, and we’ve redefined our agent areas to honour the most important natural assets of our city, our mountains.

Our care for our local community is highlighted in our love.local series featuring people of Canberra, small businesses, our enthusiasm for the Women’s AFL, and our continued advocacy for the Domestic Violence Crisis Service and Fly Program for men’s mental health.

Our support of the Design Canberra Festival remains close to our heart with ‘Transformation’ the theme leading the festival into 2021, with our ‘meet the maker’ series highlighting the many talented creatives in our city.

We have made new partnerships, gifting our clients with wine packs from Hamish Young, the talented winemaker from Mada Wines, and commissioning local internationally renowned glass artist Kirstie Rea to make her ‘sheds’ for our valued clients.

Cultivating, growing and transformation seemed adept to describe the year we have experienced so far. Once again our delivery of the hbh seeds is to encourage neighbourly interactions and sustainable practices further reinforcing Canberra’s economy of community.

As we near our 5th birthday, we’re proud to say the home.byholly approach to real estate is a movement that has gained traction Canberra wide. No longer in its infancy, or to be considered fanciful, we are now a mature, well-entrenched exponent of quality and effective real estate ideals and practices.

Put simply, we punch well above our weight. Boutique in size, maybe, but that makes us creative, and nimble, and that generates remarkable results.

At home.by holly, we have all been impacted in some way by the tragedy that is breast cancer, and we are passionate about advocating for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. So this June, like thousands of our fellow Australians, we are going extra PINK!

This June, the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is challenging all Australians to make a pledge and GO PINK to raise funds in support of the thousands of women and men whose lives have been – and will be – impacted by breast cancer.

As a collective, we have made a pledge to WEAR IT, CHECK IT and COLOUR IT and raise funds for game-changing research into early detection and preventative treatments for breast cancer, which is vital to increase survival rates.

Together we will be spending the month of June sharing stories, wearing pink, colouring our hair, getting breast checks and raising awareness for NBCF.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia. Almost 20,000 women and men will be diagnosed this year. That’s 53 Australians every single day. Since NBCF’s inception in 1994, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer has increased from 76% to 91%. It’s proof that their strategy of investing in world-class research is working. However, 8 women still lose their lives from breast cancer each day – mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and friends.

Please show your support and donate to our page and you’ll be helping the National Breast Cancer Foundation step closer to their goal: zero deaths from breast cancer by 2030.

YOU can make a difference.

Click here to donate

We continue to support and advocate for the Domestic Violence Crisis Service and the Fly Program for men’s mental health. We were also a corporate sponsor for the ‘brainstorm for a cure’ in support of the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

We care about people, we care about Canberra and we care about our climate.

home.byholly wanted to distribute something to our communities that was in line with the renewal and optimism that we ourselves are seeking. Finding ways to connect while being mindful of the environment is a focus of our agency. We are committed to doing the very best we can for our city, for our clients and doing business responsibly.

We have committed to only using 100% recycled paper, environmentally friendly ink, limited brochure printing at open homes, and a switch to seeds as our mid-year gift to our neighbours.

Spending more time at home has enabled us to reconnect with our homes and family. It’s provided time to plant vegetables and potter in the garden, take walks around the neighbourhood and do some home cooking, the silver lining of COVID-19.

So we hope that you take some time out to get grubby in the garden to plant some seeds, to be present in the moment, to slow down a little and enjoy the beautiful home where you live.

Need help planting your seeds? Watch our video below