North Balgowlah
Extension
A staged ground-floor extension and replan, designed to support a future upper level when the family is ready.
- Location
- North Balgowlah, Northern Beaches
- Status
- In design
- Scope
- Staged extension, Ground-floor replan, CDC documentation, Interior design
The brief
A growing family in a North Balgowlah home on a sloping site, where the ground floor no longer worked for daily life. The brief called for a staged approach. Stage 1 replans and extends the ground floor with improved entry, kitchen flow, teen bedroom, and bathroom, while Stage 2 adds an upper level with parents' suite and study when the family is ready.
The response
Stage 1 extends the ground floor to improve flow and light: a weather-protected entry with mudroom and storage, a replanned kitchen-dining-living zone with an island bench sized around the family's existing table, and easy indoor-outdoor connection. A flexible teen-guest bedroom uses a Murphy bed and joinery wall to serve multiple uses. Privacy and daylight are managed through glazing tactics: higher sills, obscure lower panes, and operable windows. The sloping site requires hydraulic and geotechnical resolution to support the future upper level. CDC pathway is targeted under Codes SEPP.
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