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CLASSIC elegance

WHO LIVES HERE

Mike and Yvette Van Reenen, their two daughters, Catherine (5), and baby Michelle, and three dogs.

THE GARDEN

A formal garden in Waterkloof, Pretoria, on half an acre featuring multiple ‘rooms’, a gazebo, pool and established trees.

“Although the garden at our new house is fine as it is,

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