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WHO LIVES HERE

Jenni Lee and her son Callum (17).

THE HOUSE

A compact three-bedroom, double-storey in Newlands, Cape Town, with off-street parking.

“I’m a retail planner and work with numbers, so I don’t have a creative bone in my body,” laughs homeowner Jenni Lee. She tempers this statement by acknowledging that working in the clothing industry has rubbed off on her. “I love decorating and entertaining, but I knew nothing about building.” After a two-year search for a house in Newlands Village, so son

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