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When Maggie and Pete bought their West Brunswick home in 2013, the couple saw plenty of potential in the double-storey Edwardian – and not because it had two of everything. Presenting as mirror-image properties squeezed into one house, the dual-living set-up designed by the previous owners – two sisters and their husbands who lived side by side – had a maze-like floor plan that made the home feel like a rabbit warren despite its generous size. “I think the odd layout put a lot of people

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