AGAINST THE ODDS

A remarkable new passive house in Melbourne is proof that you should never give up on your dreams

WORDS JACKIE BRYGEL

cheat sheet Who lives here Felicity and Marc Bernstein, interior designer and architect at Melbourne Design Studios, with their children — Anna-Lena, 16, Leon, 12, and Joshua, 10 — plus groodles Charlie and Sox. Style of home A Passive House Premium property over two-and-a-half levels. Location Inner north Melbourne, on land traditionally owned by the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. The new build took three years from design through to completion. When Felicity and Marc Bernstein bought a small wedge-shaped plot of land adjacent to a train line in Melbourne’s inner north, they were under no illusions. The interior designer and her architect husband realised that their plan for a sustainable 8.4-star, all-electric home on the unlikely site would require equal parts skill and stamina from everyone involved. But the couple, who jointly own and run…

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