Yum — best of goods come in small parcels

Tommy Barker is stone-mad about a pitch-perfect, quirky and quality city retreat

The owner of 14 Maiville is used to big dramas and large-scale productions — but her own home is a pitch-perfect silent retreat from the madding crowds.

Bought in a fairly raw state back in 2002, No 14 Maiville has had the full nine yards of makeover — yet still weighs in at a modest 700 sq ft, every one of them immaculate, and sparsely set-dressed.