Heemskerck Place

The client had other builders look at the site and walk away. A 32 degree slope with no flat land anywhere. This slope is at the limits of what a digger can safely operate at when it is auguring holes for piles. Lots of discussion and planning went into the successful completion of the foundations. We advised the client to stay with a very simple form and to work with the contours of the land. We worked closely with the engineer. This resulted in maximum house connecting well to the street with minimal groundworks and fantastic flow through to the cantilevered deck viewing the Arthur ranges and the beautiful Tasman Bay We advised our client to use Potius Building Systems- an engineered panelised, super insulated building system to keep on site labour costs and scaffold time to a minimum. This enabled us to get the roof on and closed in from the weather quickly. This was a very budget driven house from the outset. A cost efficient fibre cement product was decided on as the basic material to work with, we added some battens to provide some texture and help disguise imperfections inherent in those types of products. Clever use of some Siberian Larch weatherboard to offset the bold black structure and inside a ‘Scandi’ influenced decor offset again with Siberian Larch floor to ceiling balustrading on the central stairwell .Our client and ourselves were delighted with the result.