DARK DRAMA
The 1990s home was extensively renovated and reclad in black-stained cedar.
Maree Glading doesn’t believe in the idea of a forever home – not for herself, at least. “I get bored and I like change and, anyway, you don’t know what the future holds,” she says. Rather than putting down immovable roots, she believes in finding and embracing a space that suits the life stage one is at right now, which explains how she, her husband Brad and their two children ended up making the dramatic move from a century-old villa to this sharply contemporary Westmere home.
The gift of time
Older homes are faithless lovers, adored for their character and sense of history, but ruthless in their consumption of time and money. Maree and Brad know this from experience – they had completed two full-scale renovations on period properties, including a Fencible cottage, before finding themselves in a rambling villa. With five bedrooms and multiple living spaces, the
