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This family-held single storey terrace in a heritage conservation area was bought in 2019 in an original and unrenovated, disheveled state as an investment property for short term Airbnb rental. Read more
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Revitalization of a heritage terrace in Surry Hills, transforming it into a stylish, functional space for short-term rental, while adapting to evolving market demands and enhancing indoor-outdoor living.

This family-held single storey terrace in a heritage conservation area was bought in 2019 in an original and unrenovated, disheveled state as an investment property for short term Airbnb rental. The client's brief was for the project to be 'instagrammable', while working to a limited budget and accelerated timeframe. 

Working within the constraints of complying development approval controls helped to fast track the construction and circumnavigate the Council approval process. This meant working within the existing footprint of the building while maintaining the three bedrooms, moving the bathroom and creating indoor-outdoor dining and entertaining opportunities. The appearance of space was increased by opening up viewlines through to the rear yard, all the way from the front door, while dissolving the walls to the living areas and kitchen.

Due to the travel restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the brief evolved from being an Airbnb rental to potentially a student rental, and ultimately due to a stronger property market, the owner instead decided get the property ready to sell. This metamorphosis, however, sowed the seed for a need for workspaces to be incorporated into each of the bedrooms, ahead of its time in providing for working from home requirements.

Photography: Bresic Whitney 

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“Amanda is an exceptional architect. We interviewed several architects for our renovation and Amanda was the clear stand out. She understands how to maximise space, is masterful with maximising natural light and goes above and beyond throughout the entire design process. The first time we met Amanda she immediately picked up on site specific challenges and opportunities that other architects missed. For instance, Amanda was able to immediately rule out a complying development approach based on eyeballing the width of our block, possible through her deep knowledge of council and planning regulations. Prior to engaging Amanda she built us a cardboard model of her proposed design, carried out previous DA searches on the property to identify information that could assist in the development application process and provided transparent information on pricing. Amanda kept us informed on a near real-time basis throughout the design process via Slack, with dedicated channels for different aspects of the project. She assisted with the building tender process, and helped us visualise the eventual design with phenomenal 3D renders. During the build Amanda made herself available to assist with any enquiries and was very generous with her time. Amanda cares about the end result, is a masterful designer and we are very grateful to have had her on our team!”

- Karl

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