We live in a ca. 1930 weatherboard California Bungalow in an inner suburb of Geelong. It's a great area: tree-lined street, with supermarkets and restaurants and greengrocers at the end of the street, but without a lot of through traffic. The blocks are a good size, without being huge, and our back yard faces north*. There are even bay views (glimpses) if you stand in the right spot.
* For you northern hemisphere types, think 'faces south'.
Here's how it looks from the front:
It was renovated about 10-15 years ago by the then-owners who, frankly, did a shitty job. The finishes are shoddy, the attic conversion illegal (fails the 'at least 60% of the habitable floor space must have clearance of at least 2.4m' test), and the layout plain weird. For example, the main downstairs toilet has three doors, and is the only way to access the main bathroom.
But. It does have a great feel to it. The front rooms are largely original, including the formal sitting room, adjoining formal dining room, and the former parlour, now master bedroom. The open-plan living area (kitchen, dining, lounge) look out onto the large-enough back yard through glass bi-fold doors. And there's rear lane access to the two-car carport, as well as a large lock-up garage.
There are stained glass windows dotted through the house. The double front doors (typical of the style of house), in the circular portholes either side of the front doors, in the upper panels of the sash windows in the two front bays, and a series of four panels comprising a continuous landscape set into the four folding doors separating the formal sitting and dining rooms.
If the architect is okay with it, I'll put up existing layout plans so you can see what we're dealing with.
EDITED TO ADD:
I found the contract of sale. The renovation was signed off by a relative of the owner-builder, which may explain how it got through. The upstairs rooms are not to code, clear and simple.
Anyway, the land is 50' by 170' (~15.2m x 51.8m), and the plan of subdivision is dated 5/10/1912. The Transfer of Land document is dated 18/7/1921, so the house is definitely more recent than that.
* For you northern hemisphere types, think 'faces south'.
Here's how it looks from the front:
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| Just ignore the weeds! |
It was renovated about 10-15 years ago by the then-owners who, frankly, did a shitty job. The finishes are shoddy, the attic conversion illegal (fails the 'at least 60% of the habitable floor space must have clearance of at least 2.4m' test), and the layout plain weird. For example, the main downstairs toilet has three doors, and is the only way to access the main bathroom.
But. It does have a great feel to it. The front rooms are largely original, including the formal sitting room, adjoining formal dining room, and the former parlour, now master bedroom. The open-plan living area (kitchen, dining, lounge) look out onto the large-enough back yard through glass bi-fold doors. And there's rear lane access to the two-car carport, as well as a large lock-up garage.
There are stained glass windows dotted through the house. The double front doors (typical of the style of house), in the circular portholes either side of the front doors, in the upper panels of the sash windows in the two front bays, and a series of four panels comprising a continuous landscape set into the four folding doors separating the formal sitting and dining rooms.
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| Glass panel in front door (R door as you face the house) |
If the architect is okay with it, I'll put up existing layout plans so you can see what we're dealing with.
EDITED TO ADD:
I found the contract of sale. The renovation was signed off by a relative of the owner-builder, which may explain how it got through. The upstairs rooms are not to code, clear and simple.
Anyway, the land is 50' by 170' (~15.2m x 51.8m), and the plan of subdivision is dated 5/10/1912. The Transfer of Land document is dated 18/7/1921, so the house is definitely more recent than that.
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