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This project involved refurbishing an existing Victorian weatherboard house, and adding a contemporary addition to accommodate a young family. The site was impeded by an adjoining busy road on a higher ground level that caused visual and acoustic problems. The addition has a solid masonry blade wall positioned against the road to give privacy, whilst the high level windows under a raking roof with recycled ironwood beams allows light into the space. The existing house was enhanced by re-instating its original wrap around verandah and integrating parts of it with the functional workings of the home.