With interest rates at record lows, could now be just the time to invest in your very own Sea Change, Tree Change escape?. These 8 homes all priced under $745,000 offer an amazing change of lifestyle for anyone looking to make the change and still be less than two hours from Melbourne. In between your family holidays, they could also bring in a tidy sum from short or long-term term rentals.

After relocating from Canada to the scenic coastal town of Inverloch with his wife & family, Wade Bashaw has transitioned from skiing in Canada to Stand Up Paddle Boarding with exact same smile of pure enjoyment and is constantly inspired by the local environment and relaxed lifestyle. He started North South Homes with his wife (super talented local photography Sue Carmody) in 2015 after noticing the need for builders to get on board building environmentally sustainable homes. They have since developed a strong philosophy around building homes that support current & future goals of reducing global energy usage.

We had a great afternoon earlier this week, talking all things finance with local mortgage guru Lynda Sainsbury from LS Finance Broking based in Wonthaggi. If you currently have a mortgage, are thinking of getting a mortgage or refinancing, don't do anything without speaking to Lynda and her team first. She has a wealth of knowledge and is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stuffy industry.

If you haven't discovered it yet, The Burra Brewing Co. is a microbrewery located in the beautiful rolling hills of Korumburra, the gateway to South Gippsland. Korumburra is going through a bit of a resurgence lately with property prices recording good growth over the last few years and new businesses opening that are injecting a little bit of "cool" to the 'Burra'.

When it comes to your home, few things make as big an impact as window dressings. Get it right and you will of made a great future investment in the ​value of your home, get it wrong and it can spell disaster! Like most things in life it pays to get the experts involved. Inverloch 3996 caught up with Brock & Trina from Invisage Inverloch, the regions's no #1 authority on all things window dressings to find out the right way to make windows look fabulous.

We escaped the heat this afternoon and called into Inverloch's latest pop up store Fig & Willow and caught up with the delightful owner April Morris, a lifelong Inverloch local who has been running her business online successfully for the last year and has just opened her first pop up store right next door to Gusto, possibly the best Gelato shop this side of Melbourne.

Earlier this week Inverloch 3996 caught up with Troy & Kelly Harris, the dynamic duo behind some of the most stylish additions to the new build scene in Inverloch and beyond to find out what makes them tick, and to discuss some of the coastal construction trends that are emerging for 2019 and beyond.