Former AFL player Brad Ebert and his wife Bec have unveiled their newly renovated Camberwell family home. Pictures: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio/Brenton Edwards.
Ex-Port Adelaide vice-captain Brad Ebert and his wife Bec have unveiled their newly renovated Melbourne family home.
Following his 2009 debut as a 17-year-old with West Coast, Ebert went on to a 13-year AFL playing career.
He joined the Power in 2012, served as Port Adelaide’s vice-captain from 2013 to 2015 and marked his 200th game in a 51-point win over Hawthorn in 2017.
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Three years later, the midfielder announced his retirement before joining Port Adelaide’s Football Sub-Committee.
Another appointment saw him become Carlton’s head of development and development coach.
He departed the Blues to become a general manager at Phillips Coaching in November 2025.
The previous year, the Eberts bought their 1930s-era, clinker-brick home in Melbourne’s inner eastern suburb of Camberwell.
Port Adelaide’s 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.
The 1930s-built Camberwell house which the Eberts have renovated. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.
They moved from South Australia to Victoria with their young sons Leo and Henry, while their youngest child Myles was born during the renovation.
The toughest part of the project was living through it with their latest bundle of joy.
“It 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,” Bec said.
“We only moved out for five weeks once we lost that access and they were connecting the old part of the house to the new.”
Interior architect and decorated Rylie Fitzgerald of Rylie Fitzgerald Interiors oversaw the home’s transformation. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.
Bec and Brad Ebert. Picture: Instagram.
Their 13-month renovation is now almost finished with a few finishing touches to be completed.
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.
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.
Ms Fitzgerald’s 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.
In the extension, black Crittall-style windows and doors – a design characterised by a grid-like pattern separating large panes of glass, originally developed by UK’s Crittall Windows – frame garden views and let in plenty of natural light.
The updated house has plenty of storage space including in the laundry. Picture: Tiago Brissos, Northside Studio.
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.
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.
“I also love walking in the front door each day,” she added.
“The colour scheme and big archways instantly bring a sense of calm.”
The couple said Ms Fitzgerald had helped maximise space and storage throughout the abode especially when it came to the kitchen.
“She almost doubled the storage and incorporated the appliance cupboard and wine fridge we were hoping to fit in,” Ebert said.
Brad Ebert with his father Craig, mother Christine and sister Ashley in 2007. Brad’s father played for Port Adelaide and his uncle Russell Ebert played 392 games with the team.
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.
Ms Fitzgerald said she had enjoyed working with the Eberts on their home.
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.
Ms Fitzgerald described the Camberwell abode as “a beautiful blend of character and contemporary ease”.
“Homes 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,” she said.
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