They completely gutted and extended the house, and transformed it into a luxury waterside ‘forever’ home, while retaining some of the original features of the house. Those features were incorporated into what is a thoroughly modern residence.
Laid out across one level, the finished house is approximately 300 m2
and technically has
four and a half bedrooms – including one small one for the dogs! The open plan living space blends with the outside to create a real sense of interior/exterior living.
The outside now features a modern extension with modern aluminium bifold doors and windows. But the couple kept the classic shape of the building – the original old stone
walls are still there. They wanted to retain the character of the building, while adding a contemporary twist. A real balancing act. “It would be such a shame to rip everything out and disregard so much history in what is such a prominent part of the Cove,” adds Charlotte. The stand-out feature is the frameless aluminium bifold doors from Rhino Aluminium. The six doors along two walls of the living space fold right back, leaving a completely open corner, with no centre column. She admits several structural engineers had told them it couldn’t be done. There were a lot of steel beams involved, up to seven metres long, tapered and angled ones, all going in many different directions, but it did the job
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