Renovating this former dairy at 4 Bell Avenue, Brunswick, was a real household affair for owner-builder Scott Kennon of SK Tasks.
Scott and his spouse Sarah purchased the distinctive property in 2017, proper after they had been anticipating their second baby.
‘We had been fully taken by the distinctive sq. form of the block, with the backyard to the northern [boundary]. It’s bathed in daylight all through the day, throughout the seasons.’
Having already lived domestically in Fitzroy North, the couple couldn’t resist the walkable way of life of the inner-city location, close to Sydney Highway and Lygon Avenue’s greatest eating places and wine bars, alongside parklands and bike paths.
Plus, the house’s ‘extremely strong’ triple-brick partitions provided a novel canvas they might make their very own with Scott’s in depth development expertise, and a few assist from his brother, award-winning architect Rob Kennon.
‘We share an workplace and have labored collectively on a number of consumer tasks,’ Scott says.
‘I constructed his dwelling in 2016, and we had been fortunate to have his experience in designing this very private challenge for our family.’
Collectively, the brothers efficiently reimagined the property to focus on the sizeable gardens that take up about half of the block.
Glass bi-folding doorways permit direct entry from the eating and residing house into the outside, harnessing pure gentle and views throughout the brick-paved eating space, a freshwater swimming pool, and a lush garden.
Inside, polished concrete flooring and cream brick partitions are paired with refined timber joinery for a recent and calming environment. An attic is nestled upstairs, providing further flexibility to be used as a visitor retreat, dwelling workplace, or inventive studio. It’s additionally all-electric, with warmth pumps for decent water and photo voltaic panels for decrease vitality consumption.
‘Each element was painstakingly thought-about, and the end result is a extremely practical dwelling,’ Scott says.
‘Among the extra discreet options are delicate highlights, the heated concrete bench seat within the again room, a roaring fireplace within the winter and the drying cabinet within the laundry. One in all Sarah’s favorite locations is our bed room, studying a guide on our mattress, looking to the backyard.’
The home has served the household nicely, seeing them by means of their early days with newborns, cots and highchairs, nicely into their present stage with three main school-aged youngsters who’ve liked enjoying within the yard.
They are saying they’ll miss the comfort of ‘being amongst every part’ as they listing the house on the market: ‘[It’s been] our personal personal sanctuary the place we are able to faucet out and in of the hustle and bustle.’
4 Bell Avenue, Brunswick, VIC 3056 is listed on the market with Luke Sacco and Peter Stephens from Nelson Alexander. It would go to public sale on Tuesday March 31 at 6pm.
