Brief

What the Client Wanted

The client had an older brick home in the Hawkesbury that needed a full renovation. The roof was at the end of its life, the front of the home lacked a proper entry, and the layout needed updating. The brief was to add a new front addition with a gabled entry, replace the roof across the entire property, and bring the home up to a modern standard while keeping the original brick structure.

Challenge

What Was Involved

A large-scale renovation on an older brick home with multiple rooflines and existing structures to work around. The new front addition needed to tie into the original brickwork cleanly, and the full roof had to come off and be replaced while the home was still standing.

  • Building a new gabled front addition onto the existing brick home
  • Stripping and replacing the full roof across the entire property
  • Tying new construction into the original brick structure with clean transitions
  • Managing a large crew and multiple trades across the site at once
  • Keeping the project moving through weather while sections of the roof were open
Solution

How We Built It

We built the new front addition first, extending the home with a gabled entry that gives the property a proper street presence it didn't have before. The addition was constructed with new framing, cladding, and brickwork tied into the existing structure, with a new concrete slab poured at the front.

From there, we stripped the old roof back completely across the entire home. With the structure exposed, we extended and tied in the new rooflines to cover both the original home and the addition. New Colorbond sheeting was installed across the full property, replacing the old patchwork of materials with a clean, consistent finish.

This was a big crew effort. The drone shots from the build show the full team on site getting the sheeting down, flashed, and sealed. The fascia, guttering, and all external detailing were updated to match the new roof.

Result

The Finished Build

The before and after on this one tells the full story. The original home was a tired brick property with a dated entry, aging roof, and no real street appeal. The finished home has a new front addition with a gabled entry, brand new Colorbond roof across the full property, and clean external detailing throughout.

Same brick bones underneath, but a completely different home from the street. The kind of renovation that adds years to a property and real value to the home without knocking it down and starting again.

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