A crazy coincidence has left this mother and daughter as next-door neighbours, after unknowingly purchasing properties right next to each other.
Like mother, like daughter takes on a whole new meaning when Antoinette Chan and her mother discovered they’d purchased two neighbouring homes.
“It wasn’t planned at all,” Ms Chan said, who started her property search looking for an investment purchase, not a home to live in.
Ms Chan and her husband had been living in Crows Nest for many years and decided to look at Abadeen’s new KOYO apartment showrooms for a potential investment opportunity.
The couple were drawn in by the tranquil design and ‘lock-up-and-go’ lifestyle, a stark contrast to their 120 year old house, Ms Chan noted.
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Mother and daughter duo – Janet Khoo (left) and Antoinette Chan (right) pictured in the new Crows Nest apartments.
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Loving the idea of a new apartment, the family quickly changed their plans and put down a deposit to purchase a three-bedroom apartment off the plan that they would live in once complete.
Ms Chan’s mother, Janet Khoo, was also on the search for a new home and had planned to live closer to her daughter – yet hadn’t planned on it being as close as they would soon discover.
“(My mother) had been living on her own in The Rocks and had a few health setbacks,” Ms Chan said.
“I was running back and forth there, so we had been talking up Crows Nest, for her to be closer to us, but at that stage she hadn’t actively started looking,” she said.
Inside the new Crows Nest apartments.
Ms Choo serendipitously ended up finding a two-bedroom apartment off the plan in Crows Nest.
“At my age, I didn’t want to be climbing stairs, and the first-floor apartment opens directly to the garden,” Ms Khoo said.
Choosing the apartment for the garden and accessibility, she didn’t know it would mean sharing a wall with her daughter’s new home.
After choosing the apartment and putting down the deposit, the real estate agent revealed all.
“The real estate agent laughed and said to her ‘you know who your neighbour is?’ – and she said ‘No, who’s my neighbour?’ and she said ‘it’s your daughter, Antoinette.’”
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Antoinette Chan who now lives next door to her mother in their new apartment’s in Crows Nest.
Both women were totally surprised, but felt like it was meant to be.
“I know, it was really weird, and it was not planned at all, it all just happened,” Ms Chan said.
“We were thinking, is this my Dad looking down on us? It was a total coincidence but really lovely,” she added. “Everyone who we tell says oh my god, that’s the best.”
As the two properties are now complete and she is preparing to move in, Ms Chan said she was looking forward to having her mother so close, while both having their independence and own spaces.
“I’m Mum’s sole carer so it makes it easier on me that she’s so close,” she said.
“But she’s also a very independent woman that loves her own space and having people over.
The kitchen in the KOYO apartments.
“My husband and daughter are also there so it’s not just on me. My daughter is the only grandchild so it’s nice for her to spend time with my mum.
To top it off Ms Khoo’s sister, who was currently living in Singapore, decided to join the family and purchased a property directly above her apartment, meaning the three relatives will be sharing walls, ceilings and floors once she made the move home to Australia.
“We were all drawn to the KOYO apartments individually … It’s warm and minimalist, with lovely high ceilings,” Mr Khoo said.
“Location wise you’re bang in the middle of so many schools and amenities.”
“It just happened that our homes are now all vertically stacked … It was a coincidence, but also meant to be.”
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