Cheat sheet

Who lives here: Stay-at-home mum Tash; her husband Tony, who works in finance; and their children Harriet, 10; Maddox, 8; and Ginger, 5. Their pets are Jack and Maggie the dogs; plus Jimmy the cat and nine chickens. Style of home: A five-bedroom modern weatherboard house in the Sydney suburb of Freshwater. The renovation took six months to complete. $1.1–$1.2 million to transform the home.