Georgie Marks, proprietor and design principal of George Marks Design, and her accomplice Ben Coombs ushered within the begin of 2020 by locking eyes with their dream residence — on New Years Day, no much less.
They spied the three-bedroom modernist residence on the market within the window of Warlimont & Nutt in Mount Martha, shortly contacted the agent and by the following day had inspected it in individual.
By that very same night Georgie had utterly remodelled the house utilizing 3D software program. And in February 2020, they bought it.
The couple are solely the second house owners of the house, having purchased it off the unique house owners who constructed it themselves within the Nineteen Fifties. The house had barely been touched since, even the 5 completely different colored carpets inside remained the identical.
‘It was prepared for reawakening,’ says Georgie.
Decided to protect and breathe new life into the interval residence, Georgie first tackled structural adjustments, which included stabilising the entrance finish and rebuilding the present construction of the home.
‘We would have liked to boost the footings, right the inside framed construction, realign partitions and enhance thermal properties with new glazing and insulation,’ she explains.
‘Whereas the method was at occasions tedious, it felt like we have been respecting the unique construct with the intention to welcome a brand new age model of dwelling.’
The house sits perched among the many towering gum bushes, with a view to the ocean — simply 350 metres down the street — and is surrounded by birdlife. ‘It feels as if we’re dwelling in a treehouse,’ says Georgie.
In reality, when trying to find inspiration for the inside palette, Georgie wanted solely to look out the home windows to search out it.
She chosen an attention-grabbing darkish inexperienced G Lux ‘Da Vinci’ marble for the kitchen bench, and a palette of ochres, greens and silvery hues all through the remainder of the house to imitate its stunning pure environment.
The house stands precisely because it did, however up to date for contemporary dwelling (and never too dissimilar from Georgie’s authentic 3D modelling again in January 2020).
‘It didn’t require obnoxious design outcomes that competed with the modernist interval model,’ she says. ‘It required a rebirth with intelligent, environment friendly design considering to raised the home and help modern household dwelling for us and its future occupants.’
The renewed house is now available on the market and prepared for its third house owners to make it their very own.
13 McLeod Street, Mount Martha, VIC 3934 is listed on the market with Vicki Sayers of RT Edgar.
