The house was built in 1912, and is one of a set of two houses built by Mr. Laurence Don Edwards, now a respected master builder. Fond of the fact that Melbourne can experience the four seasons in one day, and of Italian Culture, he named the homes Lugano and Como, after the Lakes of Lugano and Como, on the border of Switzerland and Italy. Like the lakes were mirror images so too are Lugano and Como both reverse of each other.

The master bedrooms were decorated with the Four Seasons in the Wunderlich pressed-metal ceilings. The views from their respective bay windows were and still are something to behold, they were later to be known as the Four Seasons rooms where they would retire to at the end of each day and listen to Vivaldi's Recordings.

When the houses were completed the two brothers then sent word to England and awaited their respective brides.