A new lease on life was granted to this corner lot terrace for our clients seeking to make an inner-city lifestyle change. While celebrating the traditional character of the original house, the renovation injected a distinctly contemporary touch into the newly designed spaces.

The terrace is located on a wedge-shaped lot that narrows significantly from the wide street frontage through to the rear. This presented the challenge of making use of all the quirky corners and still creating generous, functional living spaces.

Our architectural team extended the ground floor to the boundary to allow for a new rear living room, kitchen and powder room. The renovation also included a new second bathroom, laundry and master ensuite on the first floor.

The rounded terrace parapet became a repeated motif throughout the interiors. The curved detail is carried in the first-floor rear window, the ceilings of the first-floor bedroom and the bathroom mirror and vanity, with a smaller echo in the joinery where the fronts peel away to reveal a contrasting colour finger pull.

The shape of the property also restricted landscaping opportunities, leading the design to borrow vistas to the adjacent park and introduce a small green roof over the ground floor rear extension. Glimpses of the green roof garden can be seen from the rear living spaces, creating the feeling that the terrace is merging with the parkscape just next door.