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(Cell: 0431 138 537, Email: Saqlain@Dukesrealestate.com) Click here to invest in South Australian Residential Commercial, Rural Properties, Schools & Businesses. ============= Behind the orange door of Kate Langbroek’s St Kilda home Sarah Millar by Sarah Millar 08 Nov 2015  When Kate Langbroek and husband Peter first inspected their St Kilda home they crossed it off their list of possibilities and resigned themselves to the task of endless property inspections. But with their second child on the way and the family bursting out of their one bedroom apartment – son Lewis slept in the kitchen – finding a house became a necessity. “The first time we saw this house we didn’t like it. It was one of those places that becomes invisible. The guy who owned it was quite eccentric and had burned through about six real estate agents,” Langbroek says. “I went to Queensland to visit my brother and sister-in-law and Peter said to me ‘I’m going to go look at that house again’. “When I came back from Queensland he had a present for me – he handed me some papers and I said ‘what’s this?’ and he said, ‘you’ve bought a house’.” Cosy: Kate Langbroek shows off fun family home Kate Langbroek St Kilda home Kate Langbroek’s farmhouse-style home in St Kilda. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography The 150-year-old farmhouse-style home in Melbourne’s beachside suburb of St Kilda has now been home to the family – Kate, Peter and their four children Lewis, 12, Sunday, 10, Artie, 8, and Jannie, 6 – for 10 years. Langbroek took realestate.com.au for a tour behind the home’s bright orange doors as part of the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series, hosted by Jules Sebastian. “When we first moved in I thought ‘this house is so huge, we will never fill it’. Now we are bursting out of it,” she says. Perfect place: Braith & Jodi Anasta in search of their dream home Kate Langbroek St Kilda home Kate Langbroek’s takes realestate.com.au on a tour of her St Kilda home. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography She says the thing she loves most about it is that it’s a reflection of her family – a lived-in space with personality. “You don’t get the sense that it’s precious. It’s been vigorously lived in and it continues to be vigorously lived in. “I like the sense of life that that brings – it’s not a display home by any stretch of the imagination.” “ It’s been vigorously lived in. Brisbane base: The Veronicas say there’s no place like home Kate Langbroek, St Kilda home lounge room Langbroek says her home is ‘vigorously lived in’. Picture: Lucas Dawson Photography Langbroek says St Kilda, with its beach, cafes and colourful locals, is the perfect spot. “We really sort of live in the neighbourhood. “The kids walk to school, our supermarket is a short walk away, our friends own a bar down the road and we’ll go there for lunch. “It’s a very vibrant neighbourhood and there’s always colourful characters around.” “ It’s a very vibrant neighbourhood. View all the episodes of the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series on our video page. =========================================== Celebrity houses: Look inside the homes of famous Aussies Sarah Millar by Sarah Millar 06 Sep 2015  Dream Homes, Lifestyle & Living, Property news & information, Australia Lives Here, Celebrity, Fun, Home Staging, Living Areas Jules Sebastian sums it up best when she says: “who doesn’t love having a stickybeak into someone’s house?” “We all love a good open for inspection, especially if they’re someone Australia knows and loves.” And now the Sydney stylist and presenter is getting her wish, and taking Australia along for the ride. “ Who doesn’t love having a stickybeak into someone’s house? Sebastian is hosting the realestate.com.au exclusive web series Australia Lives Here, with some of Australia’s most high-profile celebrities, sports stars, actors, chefs, musicians and personalities opening their doors for a tour of their homes. “I am really, really looking forward to this,” she says. “Someone’s home is very intimate, it says a lot about their personality and who they are as a person.” And the first door she’s knocking on? The newly-built home of celebrated AFL footballer Jimmy Bartel and his fashion guru wife Nadia. Jimmy and Nadia Bartel, Jules Sebastian, Geelong home Jules Sebastian takes a tour of Nadia and Jimmy Bartel’s Geelong home. Picture: News Corp Australia “You sort of dream up a way of living for them in your own mind,” Sebastian says of celebrities. “Nadia Bartel is amazing. She has impeccable style, and you dream up a way of how she would live at home. “The fact they are letting us come and have a look and are willing to share their home is amazing.” “ I cannot wait to get into people’s homes and see how they live. Take a tour: Inside Jimmy & Nadia Bartel’s incredible hillside home Sebastian, who has two sons with singer husband Guy, is also hoping to pick up a few tips along the way as she’s about to embark on a large-scale property project of her own. “Guy and I are about to build our own house so I’m going to use this to learn a few things. “We love to entertain so we’ll definitely be going open plan. “To me the most important is having an outdoor area. Our boys love being outside and running around so a good space for boys to be able to play.” Open house: Inside Braith & Jodi Anasta’s Randwick apartment Jules Sebastian, Celebrity houses Stylist Jules Sebastian takes a look inside the homes of some of Australia’s most popular celebrities. Picture: News Corp Australia Apart from space for her family to play in Sebastian lists her favourite spaces as the kitchen and living areas. And she says for her, the most important thing about any home is that people feel comfortable in it. “I think probably the biggest compliment (people can give you) is that they say it feels like home. Brisbane base: The Veronicas say there’s no place like home JulesSebastian_550 Jules Sebastian is hosting the exclusive realestate.com.au web series Australia Lives Here. Beachside haven: Behind the orange doors of Kate Langbroek’s St Kilda home “I would love to live in a showroom and not see piles of things, but it’s not reality – people have stuff. “You have to think about that in styling your home – you can’t be too precious, you have to make allowances for life to happen in your home. Who wants to live in a sterile area?” “ You can’t be too precious, you have to make allowances for life to happen in your home. As she takes Australians on a tour inside the homes of some of the country’s most popular names, Sebastian is excited to see the unique touches each of them bring to their private retreats. “Everyone is different. I think it’s fascinating how people live and how they style their homes. “I cannot wait to get into people’s homes and see how they live.” Follow the exclusive Australia Lives Here web series at realestate.com.au/blog.