An eye for design and detail shines through in the elegant home, not surprising given that Wade is a boatbuilder by trade and Bex has a fashion and homewares business.
Their home is packed with personality and mementoes of their travels with furniture, ornaments and fittings from places such as Bali and Turkey.
Wade, who was a superyacht skipper for 14 years, says they bought the home about six years ago because it had a swimming pool. They moved in a couple of years later and began planning the renovation.
Architect Phillip Matz designed the extension to the rear of home to create space and light as well as provide a better connection to the in-ground swimming pool and back yard.
Bex says: "The house used to have a lean-to at the back and be so dark and enclosed even though that's where you get all the afternoon sun. I wanted light, and we even made the swimming pool smaller so that we could have a sun deck and patio beside it."
Wade says: "What we wanted was that you open the door and see a garden oasis out the back and the house looks like it is sitting on the edge of the water."
Behind its white picket fence the home has a standard villa layout with rooms either side of a central hallway.
On one side of the hallway is the master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and en suite and beyond that the main bathroom. On the opposite side of the hallway are a bedroom each for pre-schoolers Jagger and Wilder and a fourth bedroom that could also be a study or second living area.
Quirky touches are a highlight of the master bedroom's walk-in wardrobe, which has chunky, rustic wooden shelving supported by industrial style black pipe framing. These materials feature in the living areas of the house to tie the look together.
Shiny copper piping recycled from the house supports the basin in the en suite and the bathroom fittings and tapware are keyed off the copper look.
White-painted floorboards and mainly white walls help to fill the home with light and give it a sense of space and serenity. White dominates in the decor but the look is broken up with different patterns and textures.
In the main bathroom a large standalone bath framed by geometric marble-look tiles is big enough for the whole family and, says Bex, has been known to host up to eight kids.
A black pipe handrail guides you down steps to the new part of the house, which has a high stud and black aluminium joinery contrasting with the white walls. Bifolds open out to the pool area and a covered patio with louvred roof.
White-painted floorboards feature in the open plan kitchen/dining/living area and have a rustic look in keeping with those in the original part of the home.
"When the floor layer did this part of the house, I told him to do the worst possible job he could do," says Wade. "It wouldn't have looked right with the rest of the house if all the boards in here were perfect so he put chocks in and laid them at funny angles."
Scrim boards removed during the building work were used to give the concrete fireplace texture.
A butler's pantry is off the kitchen, which has slick, white cabinetry softened by more rustic timber shelving and black pipe framing.
Having put so much into their home's revamp, the Kimptons are reluctant to leave but need a dedicated office space for Bex's growing online fashion and homewares business.
More space for the children and their energetic Vizsla dog would also be desirable.
"We have an open-door policy with the neighbours and all the kids around here play together," says Bex. "So we don't want to move too far away."
