ARCHITECT SEDDON

Seddon's terraces are narrow, close to their neighbours and often under heritage controls. Seddon House turned a two bedroom terrace into a light-filled three bedroom home with two new bathrooms, using a low roof to separate old and new and simple construction to put the budget into finishes. Seddon sits in the City of Maribyrnong.

See nearby work in Yarraville and Footscray, or our residential architecture services. Call 0423 714 729 to talk about your Seddon home.

SEDDON HOUSE

Transformation of two bedroom drafty/dingy/pokey terrace house into spacious three bedroom light filled sustainable home.  Includes two new bathrooms and open plan living areas opening up to the north facing garden.

Challenges & Solutions:

  • Access issues - construction techniques kept simple and lightweight.

  • Heritage controls - low roof over kitchen provides separation between old and new.

  • Busy client living interstate - project management systems used to keep client informed of progress during construction.

  • Small side setbacks/close proximity to neighbours - raked roof slopes down to the west to protecting adjoining yard and windows from over shadowing. 

  • Tight budget but high end finishes sought - simple construction techniques and reconfiguration of existing spaces provide bang for buck freeing up budget for internal finishes and fittings,

  • Dark house - eastern clerestorey windows capture light over high adjoining building, large new northern windows.  Judiciously placed western windows shaded by vegetation.

  • Hot in summer cold in winter (existing house rated at 0 stars) - high specification insulation to old and new sections of house, double glazing, draft sealed windows and doors, external shading to east and north.