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Location: Stanmore, Inner West Council
Project Period: 2018-2020
Description:The original Federation semi-detached was in near original state when the current owner purchased the dwelling. At that time the only WC was outside, and the property had two bedrooms and no car parking.
The client’s brief was to bring in a sense of light and space, create connection to the rear garden, and critically to modernise the amenities. The project achieved a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, open plan living and a car parking space.
The space planning to the rear portion of the home has been reconfigured to relocate the living spaces to rear. This resequencing created a nesting of service spaces and bathrooms as a transition from quite bedrooms to the more public spaces.
The primary addition is a tiny, but voluminous, 25sqm living room at the rear of the property, facing due north. The geometry of the original decorative hallway arches has been referenced in the high vaulted ceiling and steel glass wall.
The existing portion of the home underwent extensive remediation and repairs. The demolition scope was limited to the very rear of the house and all heritage features were preserved. The works to the front of the home and garden have also added to the rejuvenation of the streetscape. Cost and resources were saved by retaining and repairing the bulk of the home, with the primary investment focused on a small (but mighty) addition and internal fit-out.
The two core values embodied in this project are the protection and preservation of quality heritage fabric and the creation of beautiful high amenity space despite by the compact nature of the site.