Lambton

Posted by joph

The project is a refresh of a 90’s project home in Lambton. The the internal spaces are reorganised for more practical layout of rooms with the focus on improving light, ventilation, circulation and accessibility, while retaining the same number of bedrooms. As the original house was built over the suburb’s sewer main and the property is located on flood prone land with 5m mine pothole subsidence, specialised engineered footing and further approval process are required to extend the building envelope. This project improves the internal layout of the house without compromising on the number of bedrooms and internal living spaces, while increasing the building envelope by only 2 square metres. The additional floor area was constructed without new footings by cantilevering the new floor structure out to the edge of the existing roof. Light weight timber framed deck structures are exempt from the building guidelines and a new covered deck and timber ramp are added to the side of the house. The deck provides outdoor dining and entertaining space that looks over to the adjoining parkland, while the ramp provides new accessible path from the existing driveway to the entrance.

House alterations and addition in Lambton. Image of the front of the house with parkland on the left and driveway on the right. A new access ramp to the house entry is on the park side of the driveway.

House alterations and addition in Lambton. Image of the front of the house with parkland on the left and driveway on the right. A new access ramp to the house entry is on the park side of the driveway. The owners are standing on the deck at the back of the house.

view of the new living room and kitchen. Someone is preparing food in the kitchen as another person walks by.

Detail of the kitchen area showing the galley benches on the left and fridges and pantry on the right

Detail of the kitchen area showing the galley benches.     Looking down the hallway from the main house entry to the living area at the back.

view of the living room with o person walking towards the hallway on the left. A piano is on the right.

The main bathroom. The shower recess in on the left back of the room with the bath on the front left. The toilet is on the back right and the basin and vanity is on the front right of the room.

Detail image of the timber vanity with circular mirror and round porcelain bench top hand basin       Image of the side deck with covered outdoor dining area looking over the parkland to the right.

looking over the new deck addition to the trees in the parkland

Image of the side deck with covered outdoor dining area looking over the parkland to the right.

Image of the side deck with covered outdoor dining area looking over the parkland to the right. Two outdoor chairs are on the left side of the deck.

View of the deck roof from the adjoining parkland

Image of the side deck and roof from the adjoining parkland. A couple with young child is walking through the park on the footpath.

Photography by Matthew Carbone

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