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Upside Down House

Upside Down House

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When our clients — a young family of four — came to us, they knew they wanted two things from their existing 1970s double-brick home: more light and better use of the space. Read more
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A transformative renovation of a 1970s double-brick home, enhancing light and space for a young family while overcoming the challenges of a sloping block and an unconventional floorplan.

When our clients — a young family of four — came to us, they knew they wanted two things from their existing 1970s double-brick home: more light and better use of the space. The challenge with this renovation was a sloping block and a floorplan that had living spaces on the ground floor and sleeping quarters on the upper floor, making it hard to draw light into the semi-subterranean living spaces.

Photography: Tatjana Plitt & Nick Stephenson

9881h 20m

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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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