The photo above this shows the house before the renovations and still with its For Sale sign out front. 

After the birth of their son Harper, Gully, Julie, Imogen and Harper needed more space than their newly renovated house in Trivetts Lane (illustrated later in this section), which only had one and a half bedrooms.  They sold Trivetts Lane and bought this house in Prince Edward St Gladesville.

The latest photo of the front of the house showing the restored front awning and window, the new bedroom on the right, the new front fence and revised colour scheme. 

Here are the back and side views of the house.

The house is in the Municipality of Hunters Hill and is heritage-listed as a contributory item to the character of the area.  Plans were drawn and submitted to Council for alterations and additions to this two bedroom house to convert it into a house more suited to family living and to provide an outdoor living area.  Construction started in late October 2007 when Gully took a month off work and got his mate Joe McKinney to come down from the Central Coast to help with the build.  The family remained in residence for the four week blitz

FLOOR PLAN  The new bedrooms, sitting room and deck are at the rear of the existing house and step down to follow the slope of the land.  The existing front par of the house is maintained as is its appearance in the street, which is to be enhanced with the restoration of the front window and awning.

Architect, builder and Harper consider the layout of the foundations as the floor framing to the rear of the house is installed.

Harper looks on while the roof and wall framing goes up

The fibre cement weatherboards go on - Hardies Skyon Linea.

The concertina foil batt insulation                                 The Gyprockers get going

Imogen’s new bedroom on right                                  The porch skylights

The new kitchen with the sitting room set down and porch beyond

The porch seat                                                                Party time

The main bedroom                                                        The builder puts the finishing touches to the   

                                                                                       restored chimney as he looks forward to when he

                                                                                       can get another break from work to finish the project.

To be continued