RENOVATION ADVICE

Before you get started renovating, it's important to get to know your house a bit better. By better understanding the age, history, design and construction of your home, you can ensure that your renovation is appropriate, sympathetic and adds maximum value.

By knowing more about your house, it will also help you get the details right. For example, if you are re-opening a closed-in verandah, you want to make sure you install the right design of railing for your era and style of house.

There are many benefits of a well-researched and good quality renovation, including:

• Adding maximum value to your home

• Keeping the original design intent of the house

• Identifying important original building materials and character features

• Getting the details right

• Avoiding modern shortcuts/materials that won't last and will cost more in the long run

• Passing on the house in better condition than how you found it

• Contributing to saving our incredibly important old homes!

Pre-Renovation Advice Service $2800

This package combines my many years of experience as an architectural historian, as well as my previous employment as a heritage consultant. I will visit your house, work through it room by room with you and discuss your ideas and plans. I will identify the style and era of your house, discuss the original design intent, point out important original features that should be kept if possible and provide advice on the right style of any replacement features (e.g. verandah railings, fences, etc). I'll also answer any questions you may have. I then put together a full report containing my findings and advice and email it to you as a PDF, so you can refer back to it as required.