For Petula, her 100.000 villa represents peace and security. And now it's her grass that's always greener. . .

HOME to Petula Clark these days is a 100,000 24-roomed villa by Lake Geneva, in Switzerland--a place where she, husband claude Wolff and their two children can lead a Swiss Family Robinson life. Petula and Claude, who is also her manager, designed the villa. It took more than two years to build and furnish.

Within its shuttered walls is a mixture of electrical gadgets and 18th century furniture. To Petula, 37, the place represents the qualities all entertainers seek--peace and security. She has been searching for them since she became a star at 10.
      Pet says, "I was just a robot. I was hired out, told to do this, do that. I obeyed because I knew nothing better."
      The turning point came when she married Frenchman Claude. He helped change her image of singing sweet songs as "Our Pet" into that of an international star--with such hits as Downtown, Don't Sleep in the Subway, The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener.
      Now Pet has peace and security--and the grass always seems greener at her villa by the lake.

Lounge in comfort with furniture from Italy, England and France


Mustard tones in the dining room blend with the furniture which is mostly 18th-century French

Life for Pet is nothing without music. She tunes up in a room where the walls are covered with linen fabric.