Holiday home to hotel: S’pore couple turn Australian coastal home into Airbnb

What can a million dollars buy in Singapore? A one-bedroom condominium, a Housing Board flat in a mature estate or a luxury car. These folks opted instead for sprawling holiday homes which they transformed into boutique accommodation in the heart of nature.

Mr Melvin Wee and his wife Claudine run an Airbnb in Mandurah, an hour’s drive from Perth city. PHOTOS: MELVIN WEE
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SINGAPORE – It was the dolphins that sealed the deal.

When Mr Melvin Wee, 70, and Mrs Claudine Wee, 67, were shopping for their retirement property a decade ago, the married couple knew they wanted a home by the sea, with a driveway large enough for Mr Wee, an avid boater, to park his vessel. A four-bedroom home in Mandurah, about an hour’s drive from Perth city, checked all their boxes.

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