Eleven fence pillars and eleven gardenias surround Tau Taufa's new home, in memory of the family he lost in Australia's worst house fire.
Mr Taufa's wife, daughter, three grandchildren, his sister-in-law and her five children were killed around midnight on August 24 last year, when their home at Slacks Creek, south of Brisbane, went up in flames.
Since the fire, Mr Taufa, 66, has been living next door.
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Over the past 40 days the family patriarch watched on as up to 150 construction workers - all volunteers - built a new home on the land where his family home once stood.
On Thursday morning, the surviving family members were handed the keys.
The bottom storey of the house had been gift-wrapped with a bright red heart sewn into the material.
A ribbon was cut and the house was officially opened.
"This really brings back my family to life," Mr Taufa said, "even though they are in spirit.
"I can't believe a thing like this has happened to a guy like me.
"I expected a roof, but you have built me a palace."
The home has been named Kalua, the middle name of Mr Taufa's wife Fusi.
The walls of the four-bedroom house are covered with family photos and a shrine has been built in the backyard.
Scrawled across it are dozens of well wishes, like: "When you lose someone you love you gain an angel you know".
The house will be blessed on April 15 and after that Mr Taufa, his daughter Treicee and her partner Peter will move in.
Treicee lost her 16-year-old daughter Ardelle in the blaze.
Mr Taufa says his door will be open to all.
About 100 people from the tight-knit Tongan and Samoan communities as well as scores of volunteers who helped build the home watched the key ceremony.
Diane Nansen, who had been with Mr Taufa's daughter Treicee on the night of the fire, says the new home feels just like the old one.
She says the family deserves the gesture.
"The family has been grieving for so long and they will continue to grieve," she said.
"Just having something like this gives them a little bit of hope."
Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) secretary David Hanna said none of the builders wanted to be paid for their work.
They felt it was an honour to help the Tafua family.
"It is a start. It is another step forward," Mr Hanna said.
"Nothing is going to replace the home that they had and the family members, but it eases the pain."
Mr Taufa lost his wife Fusi Taufa, daughter Annamaria Taufa, and her daughters Lahaina, 7, and Kalahnie, 3, as well as his niece Ardelle Lee.
He also lost his sister-in-law Teukisia Lale, and her children Jerry, Paul, Lafoa'i, Sela and Richie, aged eight to 18.
