Last Friday, Premier Colin Barnett opened the $27 million house, which can accommodate up to 220 people and 47 regional families a night.
Former Australian cricketer and Subiaco resident Gilchrist said it was an extraordinary building.
“It’s absolute five-star quality,” he said.
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“No detail has been forgotten.”
The former house opened in Subiaco in 1990 to provide accommodation for country families whose children were undergoing hospital treatment.
Gilchrist said the number of volunteers on opening day impressed him.
“Not taking away from how amazing this facility is but no matter where it is, we’ve worked for 25 years in Subiaco in much more humble premises than this and it’s still been a beautiful and amazing healing facility,” he said.
“There are so many people corporately, privately and publicly who donate money and it’s all relative but some people don’t have the money to hand over so they donate something much more valuable and that’s time, emotion and love to this great facility.”
Families will move into the new four-storey building this week.