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The Suburban Townhouse

The Suburban Townhouse

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The clients had lived with their family on their 760sqm suburban block for some years but realised they didn’t want or need that much space. Read more
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Thoughtfully designed dual occupancy townhouse that harmonizes with the surrounding Californian Bungalow neighborhood while meeting the functional needs of two families.

The clients had lived with their family on their 760sqm suburban block for some years but realised they didn’t want or need that much space. The surrounding neighbourhood was predominantly single storey Californian Bungalow period dwellings so the typical ‘front and back’ townhouse model, while common in surrounding streets, did not sit respectfully within the context. We were tasked with devising a dual occupancy model which not only accommodated the functional requirements of two family sized homes, but which also respected and considered its context.

Photography: Tatjana Plitt

9460h 36m

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“John Liu and Steph Richardson of Inbetween Architecture have delivered us a truly remarkable and beautiful home. From the outset, they took time and listened to what makes our family of three tick, our backgrounds, our interests and what we wanted from a home. We already knew we liked Inbetween’s work. It is understated, yet so clever in form, proportion and use of space. That topped with creativity we could never dream of is what has made our house a wonderful place to be. With any building project, there are challenges and ours came with a few. John and Steph navigated through the tricky planning, heritage overlay requirements of the existing dwelling and meticulously resolved any technical challenges that came with the new design. All dealt with before building commenced. Their choice of a quality builder with architect pedigree, attention to detail and a high level of organizational skills, resulted in a build with exceptional quality across all trade sets. All driven by a schedule that started on time and finished on time. We’ve been back in our home for 3 months and we all still marvel at the beauty of it and feel overwhelmed by the functionality of the design. It’s like we’re on a dreamy holiday. I hope I don’t wake up and find it’s not real.”

- OWEN & JUDY, ESCHER HOUSE

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