When an area has a rich history, as St Kilda does, it accumulates a stock of buildings that must be respected. In this case, the history may be what is called “chequered”, but if this is a golden age and we are the custodians, it is down to us, the homeowners and architects, to do what we can to sustain St Kilda and make it an area to be proud of during our time of stewardship. One thing we can certainly do is invest in sensitive house renovation in St Kilda, and that means owners and architects working together to produce high-quality, imaginative but appropriate work.
Know Your History but Use New Technology
Renovation doesn’t mean slavishly recreating what was there originally. Many grand old properties in Australia and around the world have elements that were added at various times over the years, and fashions have changed. So do possibilities, as the steady march of progress brings us materials and methods to which previous generations did not have access.
Looking from today’s point of view, with innovations such as double glazing and solar power, it is obvious how easy it would be to impose such things on a look created many years ago. Sensitivity is the key and that is in the hands of the owners, the renovators and the local authorities who keep an eye on such things. The home renovation St Kilda needs is the result of a considered approach that will come to be regarded as a credit to this generation.
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Nor, it has to be said, do we, and probably you don’t either. Residential renovation in St Kilda is something that can be done well without being dull and conservative. It’s a matter of imagination and consultation, an exchange of ideas with the ultimate aim of doing the best possible job that incorporates modern issues such as conservation and architectural sustainability with the original style and ideally a sense of the harmonious passing of time. Renovation is important, because what is the alternative? Decline and decay, demolition and rebuilding. Sensitive property renovation in St Kilda is the way forward.
