Australian House & Garden

SET FOR LIFE

While many empty-nesters downsize, Judi and Paul, the owners of this tranquil retreat on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, preferred to stay put. Instead, they opted to revamp the four-bedroom home to ensure it will remain the perfect fit through their retirement years.

They bought the house in 2001, when their adult children, James and Georgia, were youngsters. “We had been living in Hong

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