Belle

Gable ties

ith its Flemish-style facade, including a Dutch gable, this unusual house in the Melbourne bayside suburb of Brighton regularly slows traffic. Located in a heritage-listed streetscape, the c.1909 home combines a number of styles, including Edwardian, Federation, Queen Anne and Dutch Renaissance. “We weren’t really looking for a house. Our focus was on scaling down to an apartment from a large property at Berwick (25 kilometres from the CBD),” says owner Georgina, who lives in this house with husband

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