Holland Park – Extreme renovation
Owners Dream
To retire to a large comfortable home, beside a pool and garden where family and friends would be welcome.
Site Condition
This three-roomed narrow Queensland cottage sat on a high ridge and featured enclosed verandahs on both sides with views to the Taylor Range, Mt Cotton and the city that couldn’t be seen from inside the house. Previously in the hands of an elderly owner for 40 years, what remained of its charming cottage garden had become dilapidated.
Design Solution
Lift the house to create three bedrooms upstairs. Build in open-plan living rooms underneath and extend the guest area and garages down the hill. Gut the original house and re-create in traditional style, with a country kitchen as the hub of the house. Traditional and crafted detailing throughout.
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Our Happy Clients
Renovating our home with the assistance of Placement and their relationship with Phil Maher Builder was essentially a stress free adventure.
PlaceMate worked with us to achieve our dream home. Our home was modernised without losing the charm of a post war cottage.
Our house has become a functional, open & light filled home. Which is now the central family meeting place.
We even discovered that Architects, Engineers and Builders DO get on and work well together.
Even though our budget was small, through the architectural skills and listening skills, PlaceMate turned our needs into the home we wanted.
Beth & John OwnersJan has a great eye for detail. Her plans are very comprehensive and she thoughtfully considers every aspect of how her clients will live within the space she designs for them. She specialises in period homes and homes with character.
Manley Homes Manley Homes
For an architect, Jan’s not an idiot.
Dave Maguire Builder
Best use of a steep site
PlaceMate designs topped the state at the Queensland Master Builders Association Housing & Construction Awards for best use of a sloping site over $250,000 for two contemporary townhouses built on a 500sqm site that dropped 10 meters from a busy road. All four bedrooms and living areas captured the city views.
Best renovation $250-$500,000
PlaceMate designs took home the prize at the Queensland Master Builders Association Housing & Construction Awards for the best renovation $250,000 – $500,000 for a 1910 cast concrete Californian bungalow-style house in Indooroopilly. The winning design unified alterations undertaken in the 50s, 70s and 80s and added a new wing.
Recognised in The Courier-Mail
PlaceMate’s skills were recognised in The Courier-Mail in January 2016 for our transformation of a Shorncliffe residence originally built around 1910.
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Registration Number 2457
Our Client Success Team
Placemate Architects works with successful and innovative clients. Together we achieve significant and lasting transformations of cities, houses and landscapes.
