the great divide

This revived modernist home in Perth has entirely separate private and social spaces so the owners can party like it’s 1960 without waking the kids

WORDS CARLI PHILIPS

Young Perth couple Carly and Chez knew they were onto a winner the moment they stumbled upon this 1960s home in City Beach. A residential suburb with contemporary dwellings, it was once flush with mid-century buildings designed specifically to house athletes participating in the 1962 Commonwealth Games, held nearby. “Most of the modernist family homes in the area have been knocked down since then, which is a shame, so we were lucky to have found it,” says Chez. “The land value was much more than what we anticipated, but we couldn’t let the opportunity [to renovate] pass. The house had such great potential.” The couple’s dream, for themselves and daughter Cleo, was to live by the beach, and they loved the strong sense of community in the street of just…

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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2021

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