WINNER - Master Builders Association: Excellence in Housing Awards 2023
MILEHAM’s Contemporary Heritage Restoration project won a coveted Master Builders Association (MBA) Excellence in Housing Award in 2023.
The Master Builders Association of NSW Excellence in Housing Awards are the state’s most prestigious residential building awards. It celebrates excellence in construction, innovation and quality in the building and construction industry in NSW, with over 1,000 builders submitting their projects for Award consideration.
The Housing Awards showcase the very best in residential construction and attract a broad cross section of the residential building sector, including project home builders, contract builders, apartment constructors, and contractors specialising in additions, alterations and renovations.
Contemporary Heritage Restoration
Category: House Restorations and Additions - up to $1.6 million
“Thanet”, a NSW Heritage listed home (b.1903), built in a melded Federation/Arts and Crafts style, is a rare surviving example of a timber cottage in Sydney's Woollahra. The original home was designed and built in the United States (c.1901), and shipped to Australia where it was constructed.
The home had reached the point in her 120 year life where she needed the right custodian to help her achieve her next 100 years. Her current owners were determined to make this happen, willing to undertake the necessary, careful and respectful remediation and renovation works required to transform her into a home which supports the demands of today’s family living, whilst maintaining the original charm and heritage significance of the property.
”The standout of this build was the flawless connection of a steel pavilion to the existing structure. As well as the inclusion of a fully imported kitchen, ordered in advance which added complexity to the project. Despite difficult access, and intricate dampness control measures ProBuilt Projects and the team at MILEHAM delivered a modern and seamless update of a heritage property.”
Central to this brief was connecting the romance of the original heritage house with the contemporary pavilion (b.1994) to create a seamless, cohesive flow between indoor and outdoor living. This project was not just about connecting the ‘old’ and ‘new’ parts of the house. It was about respecting the way in which we used to live, and envisaging new living spaces to align with how we live today – all in the context of maintaining the beauty and charm of the of the heritage home.
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