Residential · Double-storey family home

The Ballarat Residence

A 412 m² double-storey family home in Ballarat, with a double-height living space, home cinema, gym and sauna.

Aerial view of the finished two-storey home with pool and landscaped yard at dusk

Location: Ballarat, VIC
Build type: Double-storey home
Living area: 412 m²
Build time: 9 months
Completed: February 2024

The brief

A family home that delivers luxury, practicality and warmth in equal measure. High-end flooring, premium benchtops and quality finishes sit alongside generous, well-planned living zones, with every everyday utility considered from the start.

How we built it

Structural steel beams carry the first floor across the open-plan family and meals area and over the 4.8 m garage opening, keeping the ground floor free of columns. A double-height void with full-height glazing draws light deep into the home, while wide stacker doors open the living, rumpus and gym spaces to the outdoors.

Build stages

From slab to handover

Cleared site with plumbing and service stubs set out — 01 · Site worksSite cut and levelled, with drainage and service stubs set out before the slab.

Slab reinforcement mesh on bar chairs over black vapour barrier, with edge beam trenches — 02 · SlabMesh on bar chairs over the vapour barrier, edge beams reinforced and formed up ready for the pour.

Ground and first-floor timber frames with roof trusses installed — 03 · FrameGround and first-floor frames standing, trusses on and edge protection in place.

Steel beam spanning the garage opening, supporting the first-floor frame — 04 · Structural steelA steel beam spans the wide garage opening and carries the first floor above.

House wrapped in building membrane with black-framed windows and sliding doors installed — 05 · Lock-upWrapped, with windows and sliding doors in. The house is now weather-tight.

Finished double-height living room opening to the kitchen and dining area — 06 · HandoverOpen-plan kitchen, dining and living under a double-height void, finished and handed over.

The finishes

Detail you can see

Entry hall with timber-batten ceiling, floating stone bench and open-tread staircase — **Entry.** Timber-batten ceiling, floating bench and an open-tread stair.

Second living room with batten feature wall, stone-look joinery and built-in fireplace — **Second living.** Batten feature wall, stone-look joinery and a built-in fireplace.

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