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Residential architect in Bayview
Bayview looks over Pittwater with a quieter, semi-rural feel that draws people looking for space and water views. Our Bayview project is a two-storey home being reconfigured around a new staircase and an open kitchen, with upgraded living spaces throughout.
What we do in Bayview
The work that comes up most in Bayview and the streets around it.
Explore services- Renovations and reconfigurations
- Homes with Pittwater views
- New homes on larger lots
- DA lodgement
- Interior design
- Northern Beaches Council assesses homes here against the planning controls for the former Pittwater area, with a building height limit commonly of 8.5 metres.
- Many blocks are steep. A geotechnical report is usually part of the application, and the slope decides where a new level or room can sit.
- Much of the area is mapped as bushfire prone land, which sets the construction standard (the BAL rating) for new work and can shape the materials.
- Parts of Bayview are zoned C4 Environmental Living, and waterfront sites carry a foreshore building line.
- The Property Study confirms the controls for your exact address, and whether a CDC is possible or a DA is needed, before you spend on drawings.
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Questions people ask in Bayview
All questionsCan you rework the layout without adding on?
Often that is the best value. Our Bayview project reconfigures a two-storey home around a new staircase and kitchen within much of its existing footprint.
Can I use a CDC here, or do I need a DA?
It depends on the zone and on overlays such as bushfire, slope, flooding and heritage, which rule many Pittwater sites out of complying development. The Property Study answers it for your address before any drawing starts.
Can you design the inside as well?
Yes. Melina Bajo, our Interior Design Collaborator, works beside Laura Woodford, our Nominated Architect, from the first concept, so the plan, the joinery and the finishes are resolved together.
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Starting a project in Bayview?
A free Property Report maps the zoning, height limits, FSR, heritage overlays and hazards for your address.