MEET + GREET
Lea Eaton, 55 (museum guide host), David Eaton, 56 (firefighter and karate instructor), Laura, 25 (human rights lawyer and masters student), and Daniel, 17, plus beloved pooch Frankie (she rules the world!).
SECOND CHANCE
Finding a home can be serendipitous for some, but for David and Lea Eaton, taking ownership of their villa, tucked down a quiet cul-de-sac near Cheltenham Beach in Devonport, Auckland, was anything but a chance event.
In a game of two halves, the couple first bought the house in the late 1990s, but sold up four years later, only to take possession a second time more than a decade later. “After purchasing in 1999, circumstances led us to leave in about 2003, and we always regretted selling,” Lea recalls. “When it came back…
