Complex sentence: His father John Sr. was a successful barber and dabbler in real estate that allowed them to live in a big clapboard house on Blakely Street with a much envied garden with a florid statuary.
Split into simpler sentences: His father John Sr. was a successful barber and dabbler in real estate. The Stompanato family lived in a big clapboard house on Blakely Street with a much envied garden with a florid statuary.