Federation Refurb

• Completion: December 2005
• Construction: 8 months
• Builder: Aztec Builders - Mark Smith
• Photography: Derek Swalwell

This project was a refurbishment to an existing Federation style house in St Kilda. The aim was to provide additional accommodation for a 3rd child as well create a new bathroom, ensuite, kitchen, laundry + car parking facilities. The project reinstated the character of the original house that had been substantially altered when the house was being used as a boarding house . The situation was made more difficult by developers who sub-divided the rear section of the property to build apartments about 10 years ago. The design approach installed modern elements into the existing rooms and spaces. These elements complimented the look + feel of the original house to give the entire dwelling a new lease of life.