You know you’ve got a great team on board when your site is hard to access, the existing structure has low ceilings and no room for services, you have excavate the rear for a pool and garden and the drainage on the lower ground floor is rubbish. It takes a relationship between the architect and the builder that is fluid, a scope of works that gets developed on the run, and a communication and problem solving skill set that is second to none. Probably helps a bit if you’re bit bonkers too. Tobias Partners in collaboration with the builders Horizon came hard up against this challenge in the redevelopment of a house in North Bondi.

 

“The scope was developed as we went along. We had to work very closely with the architects in order to stay ahead of them, and give them a schedule of what we needed, with enough time for them to detail it,” said David Moses, the Managing Director of Horizon.

 

The team worked together to transform the original 1980’s building from a beach house into a four-bedroom, modern urban home. Spread over three levels, the home includes a craft room, cinema room, music room, library that doubles as a guest room, and a large living area with sweeping views of Bondi Beach.

 

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