13 Lot subdivision

Four new homes of a new subdivision of 13 lots replacing worn out industrial buildings in an old industrial area once in the outer suburbs and now close to the city due to the growth and urban spread.  

Red Brick Renaissance.

The entry piers will look great in off form concrete.

The existing house has a very strong visual structure with vertical brick columns and souring roof shape. We can use those forms and rework the overall scheme by replacing the orange roof tiles with a dark metal roof and panels to modernise it.

We have lots of work to do inside so working with the existing forms and colours rather than redoing everything helps keep to an economical budget and be able to finish the project at a reasonable cost.

The overall scheme may look a little foreboding but once we add back in the strong green of landscaping it softens the industrial and gives it life and movement and brings the human element back in.

Bringing an iconic 1970's home into the 2020's we are plastering a lot of dark red brick inside to raise the ambient light levels of a dark south facing home however on the outside, rather than rendering all the existing brickwork we are going to feature it against dark charcoal colours and industrial material selections.

This home has a very strong identity in it's repeating tall brick piers and souring triangular roof shapes so Grandesign has created a design to enhance and work with it, giving it a fresh new life bringing the home into the current period. Gone is the orange roof tile and in with heavy strong metal sheeting and it's industrial profile.

The existing entry is converted for more master suite space with it's featured new ensuite and a new entry will be formed from the original breeze way which connects to the original garage now converted into a games tv room. More internal walls removed and a new kitchen and dining to create a more open plan living space and a enlarged opening with bi-fold doors opening out into the existing Alfresco and double doors onto the other side opening onto the sun filled open pergola area and BBQ.

The dark metal sheet will also replace the roof dormer with the down turn and struts removed as it faces south anyway, running vertically reinforcing the industrial feel.

Yesterday

This new home designed to meet heritage planning requirements sits within a suburb known for many wonderful examples of homes built around 100 years ago so it needs to fit in with it's neighbours and still meet the needs of a modern family.  Enjoying a two street frontage we are able to tuck the garage around to the side street and allow the frontage to the main street that might be mistaken for an original home of the area.


The home will be built with reverse brick veneer with lapped board cladding to the outside walls, unusual for Perth but common around the world.  The external timber frame can then be easily insulated and achieve a greater energy rating than it would if it was built in the common double leaves of brickwork.

The double storey encapsulates all the bedrooms with a single storey large open living dining and kitchen area enjoying vaulted ceilings that run all the way through to an outdoor alfresco area.

North is facing the street so we will have to wait to see if the planners will allow solar panels to occupy the large roof area.

Spending Energy Wisely

When you have an ideal location overlooking park to beach to ocean to island and a desire to build a high energy efficient and performance home then new ideas and solutions come to hand.

The home front is at 45 degrees to face North which has the added bonus of widening your frontage to the views and enabling more rooms to have an outlook.

Tucking the garage to the rear allows full access to the ocean views.




The design has gone through various permutations looking for the right outcome. In the end a roof deck taking advantage of the oean outlook was dropped to bring the project within budget.

And the completed home.

Performance in the winter has been excellent with no heating required except for the natural low winter sun entering deep into the large living room windows. 
Summer has been not quite as good despite the large areas of glass being shaded the whole day except for late in the afternoon when the sun setting over the ocean is low enough to get passed the large overhung verandahs.  It would appear that the glass is allowing in substantial amounts of ambient heat.

But overall the clients are really enjoying their luxury home by the sea with broad views of the every changing ocean and sky with sunsets and boating activity.

Silk Purse from a Sows Ear.

This exciting project takes an existing tired two single storey dwellings and remakes them into two double storey up market executive homes.

The client who lives in one of the dwellings wants to retain the existing open carports

The existing homes are intertwined where the boundary is not straight which leads to some confusing about where one dwelling ends and the next begins.

The existing two dwellings are actually a single dwelling 
divided in two in a previous development.