This renovation and extension to a historic 1890’s house provided a new home for the client across the lower level with guest rental accommodation at first floor. The vertical repetition evident in the existing house’s veranda was used as a language to inform the new addition. As such the new addition reads as a low brick pavilion, mostly hidden from the street above, with a rhythm of columns and openings onto the garden. All permanent living accommodation is located across a single lower level with easy access to the garden facilitating opportunities for the client to age in place. Slung below road level, a sense of privacy in one’s living environment is established – an important consideration for the client in this small town. The existing house was reconfigured and refurbished to create a master suite and small sitting room. At first floor the existing house was reconfigured to create two bedrooms, a sitting room and bathroom for guest accommodation which can be closed off from the lower part of the house to enable it to be let as holiday accommodation.
Bob’s House
Client: Private
Location: Clunes, Victoria
Co-ordinates: 37°17’47.3″S 143°47’15.1″E
Status: Built
Year: 2017
Project Team: BoardGrove Architects, Vivid Structural Engineering, BGSM, Advantage Energy Ratings
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