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Former AFL player Brad Ebert and his wife Bec have unveiled their newly renovated Camberwell family home. Pictures: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio\/Brenton Edwards.<\/p>\n
Ex-Port Adelaide vice-captain Brad Ebert and his wife Bec have unveiled their newly renovated Melbourne family home.<\/p>\n
Following his 2009 debut as a 17-year-old with West Coast, Ebert went on to a 13-year AFL playing career.<\/p>\n
He joined the Power in 2012, served as Port Adelaide\u2019s vice-captain from 2013 to 2015 and marked his 200th game in a 51-point win over Hawthorn in 2017.<\/p>\n
RELATED: AFL star Charlie Curnow lists Torquay weekender after Sydney Swans trade<\/a><\/p>\n Bombers legend Simon Madden\u2019s historic Essendon house fetches $2.75m<\/a><\/p>\n Ex-AFL player Trent Cummings sells Aberfeldie home for $3m+<\/a><\/p>\n Three years later, the midfielder announced his retirement before joining Port Adelaide\u2019s Football Sub-Committee.<\/p>\n Another appointment saw him become Carlton\u2019s head of development and development coach.<\/p>\n He departed the Blues to become a general manager at Phillips Coaching in November 2025.<\/p>\n The previous year, the Eberts bought their 1930s-era, clinker-brick home in Melbourne\u2019s inner eastern suburb of Camberwell.<\/p>\n Port Adelaide\u2019s Brad Ebert celebrates his goal on the half time siren in an October 2020 game against the Geelong Cats at the Adelaide Oval. Picture: Sarah Reed.<\/p>\n The 1930s-built Camberwell house which the Eberts have renovated. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.<\/p>\n They moved from South Australia to Victoria with their young sons Leo and Henry, while their youngest child Myles was born during the renovation.<\/p>\n The toughest part of the project was living through it with their latest bundle of joy.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a squeeze and a long winter, but luckily the builder planned it so we could keep using the old kitchen and had two bedrooms and a bathroom still available,\u201d Bec said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe only moved out for five weeks once we lost that access and they were connecting the old part of the house to the new.\u201d<\/p>\n Interior architect and decorated Rylie Fitzgerald of Rylie Fitzgerald Interiors oversaw the home\u2019s transformation. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.<\/p>\n Bec and Brad Ebert. Picture: Instagram.<\/p>\n Their 13-month renovation is now almost finished with a few finishing touches to be completed.<\/p>\n The couple enlisted builder GMW Construction, and interior architect Rylie Fitzgerald of Rylie Fitzgerald Interiors, to transform the home into a residence for their family.<\/p>\n Ebert said the house still retained its exterior period character, with their extension designed to sit behind the original home, but the interior was now far more open and spacious.<\/p>\n Ms Fitzgerald\u2019s design has transformed the indoor area with timber wall linings and bespoke timber cloak storage in the mud room, a stone-topped island kitchen bench and a fireplace with windows on both sides which takes centre stage the living room.<\/p>\n In the extension, black Crittall-style windows and doors \u2013 a design characterised by a grid-like pattern separating large panes of glass, originally developed by UK\u2019s Crittall Windows \u2013 frame garden views and let in plenty of natural light.<\/p>\n The updated house has plenty of storage space including in the laundry. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.<\/p>\n Port Adelaide Players Travis Boak and Brad Ebert at the Adelaide Oval ahead of a 2020 preliminary final between their side and Richmond. Picture: Sarah Reed.<\/p>\n Ebert said the kitchen bench, looking out the steel-framed windows with the sun streaming in, was his favourite part of the new-look house, while Bec nominated the kitchen as her favourite room.<\/p>\n \u201cI also love walking in the front door each day,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n \u201cThe colour scheme and big archways instantly bring a sense of calm.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple said Ms Fitzgerald had helped maximise space and storage throughout the abode especially when it came to the kitchen.<\/p>\n \u201cShe almost doubled the storage and incorporated the appliance cupboard and wine fridge we were hoping to fit in,\u201d Ebert said.<\/p>\n Brad Ebert with his father Craig, mother Christine and sister Ashley in 2007. Brad\u2019s father played for Port Adelaide and his uncle Russell Ebert played 392 games with the team.<\/p>\n Prior to establishing her own studio, Ms Fitzgerald led a boutique practice in London and held in-house roles with the luxury developer Gurner Group, designing for clients such as Shane Warne.<\/p>\n Ms Fitzgerald said she had enjoyed working with the Eberts on their home.<\/p>\n At one point, they visited a stone yard together, going through various pink slabs before selecting a creamy natural marble, quarried in Turkey and named Victory Beige, to feature in the house.<\/p>\n Ms Fitzgerald described the Camberwell abode as \u201ca beautiful blend of character and contemporary ease\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cHomes from the 1930s have such a distinct charm, and integrating those character features with a contemporary direction is the sort of design challenge I really thrive on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. 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