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Two-year-old Charlie, all big blue eyes, tangled blond hair and gorgeous smile, has just woken from his morning nap. Barely able to contain his excitement at starting the day over again, he charges out of his bedroom, arms outstretched to his parents, Suzanne and Rob. Scooping him up in her arms, Suzanne laughs and says, “He’s always happy.” The same is true of this beautiful house in the heart of Melbourne. Bursting with life, colour and style, it is the sunniest of places, home to the couple, elder sons Spencer, 10, and Oliver, six, and, of course, little Charlie.
As self-confessed serial renovators, Suzanne and Rob instantly saw potential beauty in this two-storey terrace – their fourth “doerupper” in a decade. The Victorian-era property was ripe for a…
