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BEACHY KEEN

The beach is at the end of the street. There’s a palm tree out the front, planted when the house was built nearly 70 years ago. And then there’s the home’s crisp modernist roofline, so redolent of its architectural era. The character and beauty of this coastal property held instant appeal for Andrew and Michelle Algar, who are now its proud owners.

“We were living in a three-level terrace we’d renovated in the inner city and, although we loved it, we had one

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