ABOUT THE HOME
Size: 6,000 square feet
Location: Within the Grand Duchess condo complex on the East Coast
Who lives here? Anne Kristin and Arnaud, daughters Lou (18) and Salome (15), sons Sacha (10) and Elias (5), helper Meliza and dog Zola (Lou, Salome and Sacha live in France with their mother but spend time here during vacations)
Where are you from and how did you end up in Singapore?
My husband is from France and I’m from Germany. We met in Singapore eight years ago – I had come to Asia as a young student in the mid-90s, studying journalism in Shanghai and later working there in advertising. In 2000, I moved to Hong Kong, where I worked in arts and cultural management and later in luxury retail. In 2012, I asked my employer if I could transfer to Singapore to open our operations here.
Two years later, I met my husband – he works in the video games industry. His job took us back to Hong Kong in 2017. That was the time when I decided to realise my dream of becoming an artist – and it’s been an amazing journey so far. Our stay in HK was always meant to be temporary, and we finally moved back to Singapore two years ago. That’s when we settled in this house.
What kind of place were you looking for?
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