When I last posted we had stalled in our design process. Single storey or two storey? Could the budget handle it? Are we mad? And would we be doing the existing house justice? All difficult questions but we arrived at these dilemmas because the first […]
Photo: Lowline B by Ken Woolley for Pettit & Sevitt. Photo source: Modernhouse.co (Photographers © Michael Nicholson, © Tamara Graham) Houzz recently published a handy rehash of the reasons why P&S houses work on so many levels. It’s been hard to find much information about P&S […]
It’s been a while since my last post, but I wanted to update on the ruminations we’ve had while working on the floor plan, various issues presented by the modern house, and our challenges and solutions so far. Key things we love about modernist design, […]
When I grew up in Sydney’s west, the dreamiest dream in the world was to have a pool. A few people we knew had one, but not many. Worst of all, it was deliriously hot the further you got away from the ocean and Sydney’s […]
When we first purchased our house, the real estate agent hadn’t noticed it was a P+S. Needless to say after realising they might have been able to sell it for more, their eyes widened. Nevertheless, we confirmed with the seller’s son and it was indeed […]
(The above photo is an example of the McMansion home…a mock something or other with little reference to anything vaguely appropriate for our climate, but with a large floor space). It’s a vexed issue. When you become the owner of a home it is for living […]
Sydney House. 