Australian House & Garden

WHOLE HEARTED

he moment Camille set eyes on this grand five-bedroom, four-bathroom home, located on Sydney’s North Shore, in mid-2018 she knew it was the one. “I fell in love with its tree-lined driveway, huge garden and the fact it had plenty of separate spaces for my teenagers,” she says. But best of all was its northerly orientation – there’s an abundance of light all day. “I saw it on Wednesday, made an offer on Thursday and exchanged contracts on Friday – the day before the house went to auction,” she says. Shortly after, Camille,

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