Just weeks after the renovations were complete, Ms. Ellis's dream home in Kelvin Grove came up for sale when the elderly owner died. It was on the same street. She wasn't sure she had the energy to do yet another move and renovation. But to her, the home is such an integral part of family life that she couldn't pass it up. The family made a private offer, won the bid and moved yet again.
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