Renovating this home in Ararat — a regional city about two hours outdoors Melbourne — was a full household affair for SJB director Adam Haddow.
‘My mother and father, Gwen and David Haddow, have owned the home since 2020 after shopping for it from my brother who wanted to upsize to swimsuit his rising household,’ Adam says.
It was excellent timing, coinciding with Gwen and David’s plans to downsize from their acreage and household residence of fifty years on the outskirts of Ararat.
And whereas the prevailing Nineteen Fifties brick bungalow was modest and pokey, with low ceilings, no insulation and little or no connection to the backyard, it was additionally charming, near city, and simply the appropriate dimension for a intelligent renovation.
‘Relatively than take away the unique home and change it with one thing new, it was our intent to carry out a collection of surgical procedures to the unique dwelling,’ Adam says.
Utilizing the prevailing constructing because the centre level, Adam designed a small extension to the back and front, stretching the footprint to simply 150 sq. metres.
On the entrance, they added a ‘good room’, comprising a brand new kitchen, residing and eating area with veranda and personal courtyard dealing with north. The rear now consists of two new bogs, leaving the bedrooms throughout the present footprint.
‘Mum and pop didn’t actually give me a lot of a quick, they had been completely satisfied for me to take the design into my very own arms. The one route mum gave was to ensure the home captured a way of the bush,’ Adam says.
In some ways, the house is a love letter to Ararat: ‘My mother and father have lived right here for many of their lives and the place means an ideal deal to me and my household.’
The playful interiors characteristic pinks, greens, greys, and dominant use of pink brick, nodding to the vegetation within the pure environment. On the outside, a customized end has given the bagged bricks are a tender pink look, impressed by flowering gum timber.
Adam saying making certain the home was goal constructed for his mother and father within the final stage of their lives was additionally an ‘unimaginable reward’.
‘As a substitute of [requiring] seize rails and a stability chair within the bathe, the design of the house integrates assistive options to make sure that the home serves my mother and father, quite than the opposite means round,’ he provides.
‘We’ve included a tiled bench within the bathe, eradicated steps and offered wider walkways and thoroughfares. Maybe the innovation is solely about doing easy issues proper. This home isn’t difficult — it’s simply good, with a bit of pleasure and pleasure thrown in.’
Adam admits he doesn’t know of some other pink homes in Ararat, however says it looks like an ideal match — each for his mother and father and its location.
