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Residential

Houses, taken apart and put back together.

Complete residential renovations, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, custom interiors and ground-up building. Three projects, each shown from what was there at the start.

01

Semi-detached house, taken back and rebuilt

The house came to us empty and closed up, with the front openings boarded, the roof edge failing and the yard gone to gravel. Everything visible from the street was replaced, and everything behind it was rebuilt: new roof, new windows, new siding and trim, a new masonry frontage, and a full interior fit-out from the framing forward.

Scope

  • Roof replacement
  • Windows and exterior doors
  • Siding, trim and masonry frontage
  • Full interior fit-out
  • Kitchen and two bathrooms
  • Landscaping and site work
The whole sequence
Boarded openings, a failed roof edge under tarpaulin, and a front yard behind chain link.
Before
Boarded openings, a failed roof edge under tarpaulin, and a front yard behind chain link.
The ground floor opened up, with the stair rebuilt as an open screen.
Completed
The ground floor opened up, with the stair rebuilt as an open screen.
Kitchen with a full-height stone return and a seated end to the counter.
Completed
Kitchen with a full-height stone return and a seated end to the counter.

02

Three-storey house, stripped to the structure

This one was a gut in the literal sense. The rear elevation had lost its render down to the brick, the openings were boarded, and inside there was very little left but the outer walls, the joists and a stair. The building was stripped out completely, rebuilt from the structure forward, and finished in a new render with new openings throughout.

Scope

  • Complete strip-out
  • Structural repairs and new framing
  • Masonry rebuilding at the base
  • New windows and doors throughout
  • Rendered and finished elevations
  • New rear yard slab
The whole sequence
The rear elevation with the render gone and the openings boarded over.
Before
The rear elevation with the render gone and the openings boarded over.
The ground floor, back to bare brick and block with the ceiling opened up.
Before
The ground floor, back to bare brick and block with the ceiling opened up.
Looking up at the floor structure once the ceilings had come out.
Before
Looking up at the floor structure once the ceilings had come out.

03

New house, going up from the foundation

A ground-up residential build on a lot that falls away steeply at the back, which put a full storey of foundation wall under the house before any of it was visible from the street. It was framed over the winter, closed in, and is being clad through the summer. The sequence below stops where the job currently stands rather than at a handover, because it has not had one yet.

Scope

  • Excavation and foundations
  • Timber framing across three levels
  • Roof structure and covering
  • Sheathing, weatherproofing and siding
  • Interior rough-in
  • Stone fireplace and chimney breast
The whole sequence
Foundation walls poured and the first two levels framed.
In progress
Foundation walls poured and the first two levels framed.
From the low side of the lot, where the foundation carries a full storey.
In progress
From the low side of the lot, where the foundation carries a full storey.
Roof and dormers framed out, seen from across the road at the end of a day.
In progress
Roof and dormers framed out, seen from across the road at the end of a day.

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