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Heritage homes punish
The original craftsmen used different materials, different techniques, and different proportions. Respect it or ruin it.
We work on Victorian terraces, Federation cottages, Edwardian semis, Inter-war villas — every era of Sydney's residential heritage has its own quirks. Lath-and-plaster walls. Lime mortar joints. Tongue-and-groove flooring. Picture rails sized to specific timber heights that don't exist at Bunnings anymore.
Restoring these homes takes trades who've worked with the original materials. Plasterers who can repair cornices to match. Joiners who know how to source or replicate skirting profiles. Painters who understand how the colour scheme of the era actually worked. We don't strip out original detail to make the job easier. We work harder.
Our Premium Services.
Original detail preserved.
Cornices, skirtings, architraves, ceiling roses, leadlight, pressed metal — retained and repaired wherever possible. We strip carpets to check before replacing.
Period-trained trades.
Plasterers who can repair hand-cast cornices. Joiners who replicate skirting profiles. Painters who know how era colour schemes actually worked.
Heritage council approvals.
We coordinate every council heritage officer interaction across Paddington, Mosman, Woollahra, Balmain and the Inner West. State Heritage Register included.
Modern living, period charm.
Contemporary kitchens, bathrooms, services and insulation integrated sympathetically. New work sits comfortably alongside the original — not stuck on top of it.
How we restore heritage homes.
Assess & Plan
Site survey, heritage condition report, council heritage consultation where required. Scope built around preserving what matters.
Restore & Match
Sympathetic trades for plaster, joinery, render and paint. Original profiles repaired or matched to spec.
Modernise Quietly
New services, insulation, kitchens and bathrooms integrated so they don't disrupt the heritage envelope.
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Why heritage clients choose us
Heritage homes punish builders who treat them like new builds. We don't.
Heritage clients want a builder who'll spend two hours assessing a damaged cornice before quoting on its repair. Who'll source the right plaster mix from a specialist supplier rather than slap on standard. Who'll insist on a paint test before stripping a wall, in case there's something worth preserving underneath. That's the pace heritage homes ask for, and we work that way every time.
We've worked on heritage homes across Paddington, Woollahra, Mosman, Balmain, Glebe, Newtown and the Inner West for years. Every era — Victorian, Federation, Edwardian, Inter-war — has its own quirks, its own materials, its own techniques. Our trades know them. The clients who hire us tend to be ones who've seen heritage homes wrecked by builders who didn't.