A 1968 brick-and-tile family home in the hinterland, bought by a couple in their thirties who’d been told by three other designers to knock it down and start again. We disagreed. The bones were good — generous ceilings, north-facing living, the kind of timber framing that doesn’t exist in a 2026 build. The brief became: keep the soul, fix the kitchen, open the back, leave the rest alone.
What demolition revealed.
Strip-out was a gift. Behind the gyprock: cypress floorboards, every one salvageable. A second window in the kitchen, blocked up in the eighties, that we re-opened to north light. A run of original doorframes whose joinery details we copied for the new joinery. Demolition is the most under-rated phase of any renovation — see the journal post on this one.
In progress.
Documentation done in March, frame-up in April, joinery currently being made. Photos when the dust settles — expect them mid-spring.
In progress with North Coast Building. Cabinetry by The Joinery Co.