reno rethink
Jun 05, 2019
3 minutes
WORDS CERI DAVID
PHOTOGRAPHY
MAREE HOMER
STYLING
JONO FLEMING
Michelle and Leon Elski bought a neglected two-bedroom house in Sydney’s eastern suburbs five years ago with no intention of making it their own. Pregnant with their first child and renting a unit, they were keen to get a foot on the property ladder and decided a fix-and-flip house might just bring them the return they needed to buy for themselves. “It was a house of horror,” says Michelle. “Everything was damp and disgusting, and it smelt awful. My first instinct was to get out of there.
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