When Maryane and Frank Bogovic moved next door to Chris and Peta Wallace-Harrison, they instantly became best friends. With six children of similar ages running between the two houses, the two families became close. By 2020, after two years of friendship and many late night conversations, the neighbours purchased a holiday house together for $1.
74 million in the Tweed Shire. Chris and Peta Wallace-Harrison, with Frank and Maryane Bogovic. The Bogovics moved next door six years ago, and the two neighbours quickly became best friends.
Credit: Danielle Smith The Casuarina locals found a run-of-the-mill property 20 minutes away in Wooyung. The side of the house that was facing the ocean had just one tiny window looking out to a view of farmland, which stretched all the way to the ocean on the horizon. The house was dark and closed in and the landscape was wildly overgrown.
The main goal was to transform it into a relaxing space where multiple families could be comfortable together. “When you go on a holiday, for example, when you want to go away with your [family], your brother’s family or his sister’s family and take your parents, there are limited places to stay where all of you can go to that and not be on top of each other and have this amazing experience and room,” Maryane said. For nine months, changes were made, mostly by Frank, a stonemason, landscaper and qualified builder.
This included knocking out walls, making structural changes, adding additional bedrooms wi.