Galliano Callegari moved to Australia from Italy in 1964 without a penny to his name.
His dream was to build his own gothic Venetian manor, and he did so, at Kemps Creek, over the course of 20 years.
“I was working day and night, I was working every day, 20 hours a day,” he told Today.
It took him six years to build his spectacular fence, and it’s that very fence that is now under threat.
The land around the home has now been rezoned for industrial development, and works are underway to widen the road that goes past it.
“The future of it’s a little bit unclear at the moment,” Callegari said.
“They’re thinking about perhaps knocking it down.
“And there may be a stage where they might want to remove the things in order to make a wider road. And I don’t want that.”
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The council has also reportedly rejected a bid from Callegari to add his home to the heritage list.
Callegari said he accepted the airport’s development wasn’t likely to halt.
“You’re going to have to deal with whatever comes,” he said.