FEELS LIKE HOME

When her dreams of buying a home in Bondi evaporated as prices soared, expat Kiwi Jaki Arthur reckoned she had two options: head down to Wollongong or up to Woy Woy. It’s what Sydneysiders often did when they couldn’t afford to stay in the city. With a substantial rent rise looming and after two unsuccessful attempts to buy a home, Arthur was desperate. Her teenaged daughter would have to leave her school; her elderly mother – also facing a rent hike – would have to move with them.

But on a winter