The owners of this California bungalow in bayside Melbourne expected a beautiful garden would be the icing on the cake when they found the right home. Here, however, the house dominated the block – not exactly an ideal situation as the family includes one child, a dog and a cat. Nevertheless, having searched exhaustively for a family home, they decided this was ‘The One’ after an inspection lasting only 15 minutes, and they purchased the property in 2016.
“The house and its layout were great, but it crowded the block and the
