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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.
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Mr Melvin Wee and his wife Claudine run an Airbnb in Mandurah, an hour’s drive from Perth city.
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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.
