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WHO LIVES HERE Jessica Tieu, a lawyer, and her husband, James Harkin, a sales director. James’s adult son, Lewis, spends time here, too.
STYLE OF HOME A two-storey, 1970s brick townhouse.
LOCATION Sydney’s Northern Beaches, on the traditional land of the Garigal people.
TIMELINE After some initial hiccups with the DA process, work began in February 2023 and was completed eight months later.
This project began with a dinner party. Jessica Tieu and James Harkin had been living at the Fairlight townhouse in Sydney’s Northern Beaches for a few years when their neighbour, Fiona Bruzzano, owner of Fe Design Interiors, invited them over so they could all get to know each other better.
“It was an hilarious night and we ended up dancing for most of the evening,”…