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Newtown: Terrace

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Challenge

Transform a semi-attached terrace into a spacious light-filled contemporary 3 bedroom family home.

Scope

  • Structural renovation to a semi-attached terrace;
  • Demolition, maintaining only the front façade and front bedroom;
  • Addition of a first floor;
  • Transform a semi-attached terrace into a spacious light-filled contemporary 3 bedroom family home.

Special Features

  • Hardwood blackbutt timber flooring;
  • Concrete island benchtop;
  • Stainless steel splashback;
  • Custom-made study table using reclaimed railway sleepers;
  • Custom made pendant light;
  • Gas fireplace;
  • 2.7–3 metre high ceilings and 2.34 metre high internal doors.

Landscaping

  • Polished concrete light-well courtyard with a large vertical garden installed on the reclaimed bricks of the original house;
  • Polished concrete rear garden with off-street parking;
  • Reclaimed aged timber fence palings to create feature walls.

Design

Archispecturm and Built Lifestyles