ECO BOOST

While respecting this Melbourne home’s heritage, an architect has taken its west-facing extension in a stylishly sustainable direction

LAURA BARRY

cheat sheet Who lives here A family with three teenage daughters and two pets, a dog and cat. Style of home An early 20th-century weatherboard house that’s been thoughtfully altered and added to. Location Preston, a surburb of Melbourne, on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri people. The 16-month project was finished by July 2020. All up, the family spent about $450,000. Although renovated in the mid-1990s, this Edwardian house in Melbourne was in dire need of a shake-up when architect Imogen Pullar arrived on the scene. It was March 2019, and though the home had beautiful bones with a weatherboard exterior, metal-clad roof, bay windows, timber floors, detailed timber fretwork and stained-glass, the owners were feeling the pressure of one small bathroom being shared between five family members. The…

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