1924 Peter and Zeppa’s daughter, Jean Louise, was born on August 24 and with sister Helen the four lived in the house he had built on land purchased at 84 Johnston Street, Annandale. The house was roughly modelled on the family home in Toppo and based in the Palladian style. He shortly thereafter bought a rambling Victorian terrace on the adjacent block (86) and erected five flats in which to house members of his family who were, one by one, moving to Sydney from Italy.