When the proprietor of this 149-square-metre Sydney condo determined to downsize from her three-storey Mosman Home in 2024, she didn’t wish to compromise on consolation or performance.
‘Her imaginative and prescient was clear,’ explains Jan Elias, director of Mr & Mrs Elias. ‘Whereas the footprint was smaller… she needed an area that also felt grand.’
The unique condo had a cramped format with disconnected rooms that blocked pure mild and, maybe its greatest shortcoming, didn’t profit from the beautiful views of the Harbour Bridge past.
However the potential was there, and a full-scale renovation ensued to open up the house and make the as soon as hidden views the point of interest.
‘The shopper’s temporary was to create a way of “wow”,’ Jan provides.
The house underwent a whole redesign of the kitchen, residing, eating, bedrooms and loos, proving to be the largest problem for the group at Mr & Mrs Elias.
‘The view was hidden, which fully diminished the property’s potential,’ Jan explains. ‘We needed to rethink the ground plan totally, eradicating key partitions, repositioning rooms, and dealing round structural constraints to make sure the circulation led naturally to the Harbour Bridge.’
Even the fabric and color palette was designed to honour the view, with pure stone, timber and mushy lighting grounding the condo. Refined finishes nod to its harbour-facing location, and the shopper’s want for understated luxurious.
‘The second you stroll by means of the entrance door and see the Harbour Bridge completely framed by the open-plan kitchen, eating and front room, it by no means fails to impress,’ says Jan. ‘It’s a reminder how good spatial planning can fully rework a house.’
The condo serves as a reminder that downsizing doesn’t imply compromising on area or consolation. ‘It was an honour to deliver this shopper’s imaginative and prescient to life and create an area the place each element really counts,’ Jan says.
