Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Federation Renovations on TV Show 'The Block' 2011

SMH: The Block's evening television finale included an auction of the Cameron Street homes, but only one, No. 39, sold, for $855,000. The rest found buyers in the week after, for between $860,000 and $1 million.

THE buyers of the Melbourne homes featured on Channel Nine's hit TV series The Block face falling property values and traffic chaos after the Coles supermarket group revealed plans for a $250 million, 333-dwelling apartment complex next door.
Coles has lodged plans with Yarra Council to demolish the Richmond Plaza centre between Bridge Road and Church Street and replace it with 12 storeys of apartments and shops.
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SMH Simon Johanson October 19, 2011:

Before and After Renovation Photos:

The house Josh and Jenna renovated on The Block, at 37 Cameron Street, Richmond:
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The house Polly and Waz were to renovate on The Block, at 39 Cameron Street, Richmond:
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The house Katrina and Amie were to renovate on The Block, at 41 Cameron Street, Richmond:
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For the sake of completeness, here is the fourth renovation of an Italianate Victorian cottage residence:
The house Tania and Rod were to renovate on The Block, at 43 Cameron Street, Richmond:
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Monday, October 10, 2011

Karori Chalet Mount Macedon

Karori: Renovation project at Mount Macedon, Victoria

SMH Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Overgrown gardens surround the house.
Overgrown gardens surround the house.

Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Photo Gallery Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui by Jenny Brown
Story at SMH: ****Karori: A project for a romantic****

This restoration enthusiast is smitten by the potential in a shabby 1890s chalet.
It's lucky Dominic Romeo likes the cold, is passionate about the tasks of major heritage renovations and has a wife, Marie, who is an interior designer, because they've just taken on the task of fixing up ''Karori'', a heritage-listed 1890 hill station at Mount Macedon.
Mr Romeo says of the house: ''I was sold at the front gate even before seeing [it].''
When he saw the six-bedroom weatherboard pile in the overgrown 2.47-hectare garden full of huge, 120-year-old specimen trees, he says it took him a two-second visual survey to know ''this was it''.

The Swiss-Italian-style chalet with its decorative fretwork, fancy roof finials, tall chimneys and square tower was the very definition of shabby chic, albeit with impressive provenance.
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Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

External view of fineal timber work - Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Lounge room bay window - Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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  1. Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
  2. Overgrown gardens surround the house.
    Overgrown gardens surround the house.
  3. The exterior will likely get a coat of soft green.
    The exterior will likely get a coat of soft green.
  4. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
  5. Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascu