Crossing the Lower Shotover Bridge near Frankton.
The house was moved in portions.
Hard to believe this 116-year-old home - one of the first visitor accommodation properties in the Wakatipu - was once considered luxurious.
Graffiti, rotting floor boards and missing walls characterised the house in 2007.
An antique bath sits prepared for a makeover.
The interior in June 2007.
Attention to detail in the bathroom.
The bathroom boasts uninterrupted views of Coronet Peak.
Merlot, one of Sheena Haywood and Stephen Brent's golden retrievers frolics outside her restored home in early 2009. This photo by Sheena Haywood.
Sheena Haywood and Stephen Brent won an environmental award for their relocation and restoration project at Ladies Mile. Prints of photos by ODT photographer Tracey Roxburgh are available from Otago Images.
Read the story: Grand scale labour of love