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At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

After working in marketing roles for seven years, Natalie Paraskevopoulos decided to go out on a limb and start her own agency.

The 29-year-old initially started working as a real estate agent before moving into marketing positions within the fitness industry.

In November 2019, Natalie decided to put her creativity to use and establish her own marketing, social media and creative agency – Digitale.

“After working in real estate for five years, I worked at SWEAT and Ryderwear which allowed me to get a really great insight into the fitness industry,” she says.

“I had always been passionate about learning more about other industries and how influencers and social media can help grow any business.”

When she’s not devising a marketing strategy, Natalie loves nothing more than spending time with her husband, Rick, and two dogs, Neo and Chip in their home.

“Spending the last few months at home has made me appreciate our space even more, I honestly just love sitting out the back with a coffee with the dogs,” she says.

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At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

AGE

29

WORK LIFE

Director at Digitale social media and creative.

BEST KNOWN FOR

Having worked with some of the biggest fitness influencers in the world.

I’VE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR …

Two years.

MY HOME IS A …

2018 new-build.

I LIVE WITH …

My husband and our two dogs, Neo the fox terrier and Chip the dachshund.

I LOVE MY HOME BECAUSE …

It’s our first home together.

BUT I STILL NEED TO …

Install a hallway door – the dogs greet our guests with much excitement.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

MY DECORATING STYLE IS …

Boho luxe.

RECENT PURCHASE

A coffee table from Freedom.

I COLLECT …

Magazines.

FAVOURITE PART OF YOUR HOME

My bedroom – I appreciate a good night’s sleep and a sleep-in more than the average person.

HOME FAVOURITES

● Definitely our dogs, they make the house

● The painting in our lounge, a one-year wedding anniversary gift commissioned by local artist Olivia Ebert Art

● Our air fryer (it’s magic)

IN MY GARDEN I HAVE …

My husband’s veg/herb garden.

WHEN I GET HOME AT NIGHT …

I light a candle.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

AT WEEKENDS I LIKE TO …

Spend time with our family and friends.

MY FIRST CAR WAS …

A Mazda 121.

I LIKE TO LISTEN TO …

RnB.

AT THE MOMENT I AM READING …

Guilty, I really don’t read much.

FAVOURITE FILM …

Shrek, iconic.

CLEAN FREAK OR MESSY BESSIE?

Definitely clean but during the week I can be known to leave some things where they don’t belong.

ON MY WISH LIST IS …

An iMac.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

WHEN I’M HOME I LIKE TO COOK …

More like, watch Rick cook.

FAV CAFE/RESTAURANT/BAR

I love Paloma on Peel Street and Alimentary on Jetty Road, Brighton.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Aperol Spritz.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD I WANTED TO BE …

A popstar, of course.

FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY …

Sitting my parents down and making them watch me sing songs.

IF I COULD CHANGE CAREER NOW I WOULD BE …

To be honest, I think I’m right where I need to be.

FAVOURITE SA HOLIDAY SPOT OR ACTIVITY …

Carrickalinga Beach.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

At home with Natalie Paras. Photo: Nick Clayton.

DREAM HOLIDAY DESTINATION

Greek Islands.

FAVOURITE SPORTS TEAM

Adelaide Crows.

SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS?

Continue to expand Digitale and grow our family.

MY NEIGHBOURS ARE …

Super-friendly, very grateful!

I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT …

My phone (surprise, surprise).

IF I COULD AFFORD IT I WOULD LIVE …

On the beach.

HOME MEANS

Safety.

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29 Stoke Street, New Town. Picture: SUPPLIED

ONE of New Town’s finest homes has hit the market.

This magnificent seven-bedroom property is a beautifully preserved piece of Hobart’s history.

While dating back into the 1800s, the property has been transformed into a stylish and comfortable home.

The thoughtful restoration has respected this grand building’s history and character, while carefully updating it to become a top quality family home with all the modern luxuries.

Ripple Realty consultant Mel Shutt said 29 Stoke Street was originally known as Hamlyn House.

She said it was built in 1896 by Thomas Reibey Atkinson, the grandson of Mary Reibey, a convict turned successful businesswoman who is depicted on the $20 note.

An elegant past.

Luxurious living.

Mel said the Late Queen Anne style architecture includes classic features of the era such as an asymmetric roof line, tall chimneys, high ceilings and brick arches above the sash windows.

“The renovations by the current owners have preserved many of the beautiful details that make this property so exceptional,” she said.

The house features stained glass around the front door, intricate glass panels in the upstairs entrance, polished hardwood floors and decorative cornices in the living rooms.

The living areas and bedrooms include original fireplaces, all operational, and ranging from grand and ornate to simple and practical.

This elegant two-storey home offers a wealth of bedrooms in various sizes.

It also has six well-appointed bathrooms. The home’s two levels have been divided into separate living spaces.

Each level is self-contained and with its own external access, but the house can just as easily be used to accommodate a large family.

Abundant space.

Colourful details.

The ground floor of the property is currently being used as a private residence.

It offers a luxurious and modern lifestyle surrounded by beauty and charm of the past.

There are three bedrooms and two bathrooms on this level, including a spacious master suite.

The beautiful formal loungeroom boasts a large bay window and an impressive fireplace and mantle. Together with the adjoining sunroom, it offers a light and spacious area that makes the most of the private garden.

The downstairs kitchen has a professional Ariston freestanding cooker with a rangehood, dual cab dishwasher and soft close cabinetry.

The terracotta splashbacks give the kitchen a warm and welcoming feel.

Access to the delightful paved entertaining area is via either the kitchen or sunroom, providing an indoor-outdoor flow.

Lush and sunny, the garden contains a variety of established trees and pretty flowers plus a charming water fountain.

Modern updates.

Soak in the tub.

Upstairs, there are four bedrooms, two with an ensuite, and two family bathrooms.

There is a second kitchen on this level, offering a pleasant and functional communal space with plenty of storage, a sunny aspect, and large windows.

The possibility of dual living has been created here with internal access between each level via a timber staircase and a lockable connecting door.

While the current owners live onsite, they have created a boutique bed and breakfast known as Meriam B&B on the upstairs level.

This home could continue as the existing bed and breakfast business, become a short term rental, or a fantastic private residence for a large family.

The owners are happy to supply more information and discuss the continuation of the business upon request.

No.29 Stoke Street, New Town is listed with Ripple Realty at $1.9 million.

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Five bidders hoped to win the keys to 24 Vanessa Ave, Highton at Saturday’s auction.

Gloomy property market predictions were turned on their head as a Highton house smashed its auction reserve by $91,000 on Saturday.

Five bidders contested the three-bedroom brick home at 24 Vanessa Ave, which sold under the hammer for $751,000.

Hayeswinckle, Highton agent Michelle Winckle said buyers were lining up for the chance to break into the tightly-held street.

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The solid brick house is in a tightly-held street.

She said the result reinforced taking a property to auction could pay off in the current climate.

“There was lots of competition from people wanting a family home,” Ms Winckle said.

“It was a great result in this market, it just shows people are out there.

“Vanessa Ave is a well-known street in Highton.”

The kitchen adjoins a casual meals area.

Exposed timber beams are a feature of the loungeroom.

The solid brick house is on a 868sq m block and offers a large loungeroom featuring exposed brick and a raked timber ceiling, a formal dining room, casual kitchen/meals area and two bathrooms.

“There’s lots of north-facing sun and beautiful north-facing windows,” Ms Winckle said.

“The home itself was architect designed.”

Kids and pets have space to run outside.

A vacant block of land behind 24 Vanessa Ave, at No. 6, also went to auction on Saturday and Ms Winckle said negotiations were continuing on that 889sq m home site.

It was listed with price hopes of $450,000 to $500,000.

Highton’s median house price rose 3.5 per cent over the past 12 months to $703,000, according to Hometrack data.

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Villawood’s Sherwood Grange estate in Sunbury’s Emu Bottom precinct.

Super-sized blocks of up to 2900sq m will be offered for sale at a Sunbury housing estate from August 1.

Featuring 300 lots at an average 800sq m, and none below 500sq m, the Sherwood Grange estate in the Emu Bottom precinct is being developed as a hub for larger, bespoke homes.

At present, Melbourne’s average lot size in new housing estates is a little less than 400sq m.

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Villawood Properties chief executive Alan Miller said about 100 people were already interested, despite just 10 lots planned for the first land release.

“There are buyers who have been waiting a long time for this land,” Mr Miller said.

“That part of Sunbury has always been pretty desirable, so we have deliberately gone for big blocks for second or third-home buyers.”

The estate will embrace its tree-lined and undulating landscape.

Mr Miller said he expected “different, custom or premium” homes to fill the blocks.

Sales commence August 1, with most buyers tipped to be families with children in school or university.

The development is in part of the Emu Bottom recreation area, named after the nearby Emu Bottom Homestead — one of Victoria’s oldest properties, dating back to the 1830s.

Estate plans will focus on embracing the environment including parks, wetlands and waterways, and it will have direct access to the Jacksons Creek Landscape Reserve.

The estate will also feature rural outlooks.

It is expected to take six years to complete, with plans to retain many of the existing trees as well as its gently sloping rises that will afford striking rural views.

It is one of three estates Villawood Properties is building in the Sunbury area, where the population is forecast to triple in the next 15 years.

The developer’s nearby Redstone estate commenced civil works in July, with underlying infrastructure for the first two stages of the 2500-lot project now underway.

The first home sites are due to be titled next year.

Sherwood Grange is tipped to feature 300 homes once completed.

Sherwood Grange lots are expected to be priced between $389,900 and $520,900.

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Noeline Brown and her scriptwriter husband Tony Sattler have bought in Mittagong.

Long-time Southern Highlands residents, comedian and actor Noeline Brown and her scriptwriter husband Tony Sattler, have bought back into their beloved region after waiting 18 months to sell their home.

The couple, who have called the region home for four decades, have bought a four-bedroom Mittagong home on an acre of land for $1.717 million.

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The purchase comes shortly after they sold a 2ha property in nearby Mount Murray.

They had hopes of $3 million for the four-bedroom home they named Beaumont but settled on $2.95 million.

The couple loved the privacy and rural outlook.

Gorgeous gardens.

Agent Ben Olofsen, of The Agency Southern Highlands, said the couple was attracted to the Mittagong home for the privacy it offered and its rural outlook.

“We had a good brief from them on what they wanted so we were able to match them with this home,” Mr Olofsen said of the off-market sale. “They really loved that it offered privacy and has such a beautiful outlook of the surrounding countryside.”

It’s a four-bedroom home.

It last sold in 2007 for $900,000.

The home has a country-style timber kitchen, an east-facing outdoor terrace bordered by a trimmed hedge for added privacy and formal and informal living areas. There is also a shed and old stables on the level grounds, which are dotted with established trees.

It previously traded in August 2007 for $900,000.

A private sanctuary.

The couple were regulars on the television game show Blankety Blanks hosted by their friend Graham Kennedy in the late 1970s. Sattler was the scriptwriter for 1980s comedy series Kingswood Country and The Naked Vicar where he met Brown in 1977.

Brown rose to fame in The Mavis Bramston Show in the 1960s.

– With additional reporting from Mercedes Maguire

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Andrew Bishop is selling his stunning terrace at Day St in Leichhardt.

Sydney builder Andrew Bishop has listed his luxurious inner west terrace following an extraordinary transformation of a derelict dump.

Mr Bishop who owns Arthouse Projects purchased the Day St property at Leichhardt in 2012 for $825,000 as a rundown shack.

The Victorian terrace now has five bedrooms and three floors over 209sqm following a painstaking renovation and an extension added at the rear

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The main bedroom has a fireplace and plantation shutters.

This is how the space used to look.

Belle Property Annandale associate director Simone Azzi has set a $2.3 million price guide for the property and plans to take it to auction on August 22.

The terrace has a contemporary design, bright interiors and flowing spaces. Character features such as high ceilings, fireplaces and French doors have been kept and revitalised by Mr Bishop.

Ms Azzi said the property was perfect for buyers after an eastern suburbs style terrace without the price tag.

“This is not your typical inner west terrace, it feels very Paddington or Woollahra with its style and look,” she said.

The kitchen used to be tired and outdated.

Now it has a marble island bench and an integrated fridge.

As a result, Ms Azzi expects buyers from the lower north shore and eastern suburbs will take strong interest in the Day St terrace.

“These two groups are likely to be drawn because of the style, as well as the fact it offers far better value for money than what their areas do,” she said.

“The terrace is also perfectly located within walking distance of everything the inner west and Leichhardt is known for.”

The backyard in 2012.

Formed Gardens has completed a stunning transformation.

The kitchen is a huge improvement on the previous tired and outdated one. It has a marble island bench, gas cooking and a fully integrated Liebherr fridge. Downstairs also features a wall with built-in cupboards stretching from the kitchen to the staircase, as well as a formal living room with a fireplace and a casual living area.

The middle floor has three bedrooms including the main bedroom, which has seen plantation shutters replace security grills on the window.

The property is due to go to auction on August 22.

The terrace in 2012.

The backyard has been landscaped by Formed Gardens and has a statement fire pit. Other luxury touches include Black Japan floors, integrated Sonos speakers and ducted airconditioning.

Mr Bishop is a highly regarded builder and many of his projects have been featured in some of Australia’s most popular property publications including Belle Magazine, Inside Out Magazine and The Design Files.

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Mitchell Moses has bought an investment in Gladesville. (AAP Image/Brendon Thorne)

The Parramatta Eels playmaker Mitchell Moses has a bought another investment property. The 1940s Gladesville home cost $1.8 million. It comes with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a studio at the back of the 790 sqm block.

Belle Property Strathfield agents ­Michael Murphy and Norman So secured the sale post auction, to the halfback fresh back from a calf injury.

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The home, which sold for $1.16 million in 2012, has been leased out at $900 a week through Rachel Pittorino at The Region Professionals having sought $1000.

It is rented out for $900 a week.

Moses and the Eels have been on fire this season. Picture. Phil Hillyard

The rent reflects a 2.6 per cent yield. Houses in Gladesville typically rent out for $735 a week, at an annual rental yield of 2 per cent, according to realestate.com.au. There are currently 115 properties for rent in the suburb.

The suburb has a $1.9 million median house price, and based on the past five years of sales, has seen a compound price growth rate of 4.8 per cent for houses.

The property has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a studio.

The timber kitchen.

It’s a buy back into the area for Moses, who quietly sold in Ryde for $2,099,000 earlier this year. He had paid $1.78 million for the modernised four bedroom, two storey home in 2018.

The 25-year-old Moses retains a property in Epping which cost $1,375,000 in 2015, when he was at Wests Tigers. He played junior football with the Carlingford Cougars and the Holy Cross Rhinos.

It is one of many investments for Moses.

Moses, who was born in Ryde, ­re-signed with the Eels in early 2019 with an extension to remain until 2020.

There is also a $585,000 investment apartment in Toongabbie in his $3.75 million property portfolio.

Last month he established Sandstone Holdings, with older brother, estate agent Stephen, which appears to have the goal of being a family real estate corporation.

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