Californian bungalow renovation and restoration – Oswald Street
Hello all. This weeks blog is a video, talking you through my design approach to this beautiful Californian bungalow renovation in Melbourne. The project will see the old house restored, keeping another piece of this city’s history alive, whilst bringing it up to modern day living standards. Construction of this design started last week.
For best viewing, once you have pressed play, click on full screen on the bottom right of the video pane, and set to high definition – 720p (via the little gear at the bottom of the video pane).
I’d love to hear your feedback, and any questions you have in the comments section below.
4 Comments
SandyMc
January 21, 2013Hi Darren, your thoughtful description of a Californian Bungalow and your very exciting renovation made me feel very nostalgic for our much loved, previously-owned Californian.
We had our architect designed renovation done in 1992, but it was very sympathetic and even though we went ‘up’ you could barely see the second story extension. Here is the real estate sales page. You might be interested in seeing something from two decades ago which still works.
http://www.jelliscraig.com.au/property/IVANHOE-15-Ford-Street/2744421/#.UP0A0egm8Qs
Darren Naftal
January 21, 2013What a gorgeous house Sandy. That front facade, absolutely beautiful! I can see why it still holds a special place in your heart. The second floor is really well integrated within the roof pitch to keep height down; it isn’t visible at all from the street. Very clever design solution. It must have been a joy living there.
Thanks so much for sharing. It’s great the web link is still live so you can take a look and reminisce.
Darren.
Geoff Collinson
January 21, 2013Great blog Darren. Can’t wait to follow the project!!
Darren Naftal
January 21, 2013Glad you enjoyed it Geoff. Thank you.
More to follow soon mate.