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Residential architect in Clareville
Clareville faces west onto Pittwater, with waterfront homes, steep bush blocks and a quiet that people move here for. Our current work in Clareville is a waterfront home being re-clad and reconfigured around a new statement staircase, on a site in the C4 Environmental Living zone.
What we do in Clareville
The work that comes up most in Clareville and the streets around it.
Explore services- Waterfront renovations
- Re-cladding and reconfiguring existing homes
- Alterations on bush blocks
- DA lodgement
- Interior design
- Much of Clareville is zoned C4 Environmental Living, a zone for homes in a sensitive landscape: houses are allowed, with closer attention to bulk, height, landscaping and the waterfront.
- 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.
- Waterfront sites carry a foreshore building line and coastal controls that set how close to Pittwater the home can build.
- 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.
- 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.
Projects near Clareville
Questions people ask in Clareville
All questionsWhat does C4 Environmental Living mean for my renovation?
It means council looks harder at how the home sits in the landscape: its bulk, its height, the trees and the waterfront. Renovations and additions are possible, and we confirm exactly what applies to your site in the Property Study.
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 Clareville?
A free Property Report maps the zoning, height limits, FSR, heritage overlays and hazards for your address.