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The approach to interior designer Kate Moffatt’s home in a popular Mother City suburb is fraught with SUVs barrelling down leafy avenues, and there’s much construction going on, too, as residents jostle to maximise prime real estate – and Foreshore views. However, upon reaching the driveway, the noise dissipates and you realise just how close this house – albeit in a city locale – is to nature. ‘We

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