Once upon a time there was a sleepy hollow called Sproxton Lane and its very end, "Riverbend", was a piece of Paradise where time stood still. Then came the real estate boom of 2006 when the price of everything but in particular waterfront properties went into the stratosphere. Along the lane, tiny 1500 square metre blocks of land changed hands for $700,000-plus and it wasn't long before the first new owner began to build his McMansion. Six months of building-noise followed. And just when it seems the worst is over, another new owner has called in the bulldozers and the concrete trucks! The sleepy hollow has become a hollowed-out building site!
