HOME STYLE • Megan and Jarrod Rose
MEGAN AND JARROD ROSE
A house with ‘style’ without forgetting ‘family’
© LISA HAYMES
MEGAN AND JARROD ROSE’S HOME IN KILLCARE HEIGHTS INSTANTLY SAYS ‘TASTE’ AND ‘STYLE’, BUT IT ALSO SAYS ‘FAMILY’ FIRST. STYLISH THOUGH IT MAY BE, THIS IS NO SHOWHOME NEVER TO SHOW SIGNS OF BEING LIVED IN.
26 COAST
With three young children: Fin (11), Louis (9) and Isla (7), this is a home that takes advantage of coastal living. There are mountain bikes and beach towels out the front, and the house is built to take advantage of the sweeping ocean views and distant headlands towards Palm Beach. Megan grew up in Ettalong Beach and, after a stint living in Sydney, like so many of us who loved the lifestyle and freedom here, she and Jarrod moved back, ‘for the lifestyle and to be near — though not too near — my parents,’ says Megan. They were still a family of three then, with Fin just six months old, when they bought a 3-bedroom holiday cottage up the road from where they now live. It cried out for renovation and the first thing they undertook was to renovate the bathroom and, importantly, put in a bath. As Fin learnt to move at catch-me-if-
