Inner West · Inner West Council
Residential architect in Newtown
Newtown is terrace country: narrow lots, shared walls and rear lanes. We have not yet built in Newtown itself. Our nearest work is a penthouse interior in St Peters, replanned around one curved wall, and a two-bedroom terrace in Camperdown that is being designed to become four bedrooms with a new second storey.
What we do in Newtown
The work that comes up most in Newtown and the streets around it.
Explore services- Terrace renovations
- Rear and upper-level additions
- Interior design
- DA applications
- Newtown is split between Inner West Council and the City of Sydney, so the controls depend on which side of the boundary you are.
- Most of the suburb sits in heritage conservation areas, and external work usually needs a DA.
- Bringing daylight into the middle of a terrace is the common design problem, solved with skylights, courtyards and voids.
- Shared walls and rear lane access shape how the work is built.
- The Property Study confirms the controls for your exact address before you spend on drawings.
Projects near Newtown
Questions people ask in Newtown
All questionsCan I use a CDC here, or do I need a DA?
Much of the Inner West sits in heritage conservation areas, where external work usually needs a DA. Internal work can often be done as exempt or complying development. The Property Study answers it for your address before any drawing starts.
Can you add a storey to a terrace?
Our Camperdown project is doing that now, taking a two-bedroom terrace to four bedrooms.
Have you worked in Newtown?
Not yet in Newtown itself. Our nearest projects are in St Peters, Camperdown and Marrickville.
We also work nearby
- Enmore
- Erskineville
- Glebe
- Stanmore
- All service areas
Starting a project in Newtown?
A free Property Report maps the zoning, height limits, FSR, heritage overlays and hazards for your address.