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Bentleigh House exposes contemporary design and heritage overlays as comfortable bedfellows. The new and improved home has turned an underwhelming rear yard into a personality-laden extension filled with character and bursting with greenery.

Wasting away on a flat patch of overgrown grass devoid of trees, the untouched California bungalow that preceded Bentleigh House in Victoria was rough around the edges and a complete mess inside. The clients approached MMAD Architecture with a

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