The Parkes

The Parkes had strong fundamentals — a well-positioned home on a sought-after Collaroy Plateau street — but a layout and finish that no longer matched what today's buyers were looking for. The opportunity wasn't a cosmetic refresh.

It was a complete reworking of how the home lived day to day, paired with the standard of finish a premium Northern Beaches buyer expects.

Our task was to take the existing structure and reimagine it as a fully resolved, move-in-ready home — opening up the interior, maximising natural light, and creating outdoor living spaces that worked as a genuine extension of the home rather than an afterthought.

What We Delivered

New kitchen, new bathrooms, bespoke joinery. The interior opened up for light and flow; new outdoor areas extended the living spaces beyond the footprint

The home sold in April 2024 for $2.625 million against a $500,000 build cost — a reminder that thoughtful design and careful execution don't just change how a home lives. They change what it's worth.

The Vision

The brief from the outset was to craft a home that would resonate with discerning Northern Beaches buyers — one that balanced contemporary style with the practical demands of family living. Rather than treat the existing home as a base to update lightly, we treated it as a structure to reimagine.

Every decision came back to two questions: does this improve how the home lives day to day, and does this hold its value for the next decade. The answer to both shaped the scope.

Layout and Light

The interior was reconfigured to open up the living areas and maximise natural light across the home. Walls came down where they constrained flow. Sightlines were opened between the key living spaces. The connection between inside and outside was reworked so the home felt larger than its footprint.

The result is a layout that reads as open and generous without losing the defined zones a family home needs.

Kitchen, Bathrooms, and Finishes

A new kitchen and new bathrooms anchored the interior work, paired with bespoke joinery and contemporary material selections throughout. Finishes were chosen to feel current without chasing trends — considered, sleek, and built to age well rather than date quickly.

The materials and detailing were specified to a standard that matched the buyer expectation at this price point. No shortcuts. No value-engineered substitutions that would show up two years in.

Outdoor Living

The outdoor areas were transformed alongside the interior, with new entertaining spaces designed to function as a genuine extension of the home. The aim was to give buyers a property where the lifestyle was already built in — somewhere a family could move into and start living in straight away, without a separate landscaping project still ahead of them.

Clean Up and Handover

On completion, the site was fully cleared and every system tested before the property went to market. The combination of layout, finish quality, and outdoor flow translated directly into the sale result.

The Parkes is a clear example of what a strategically planned, well-executed renovation can deliver — both as a home and as an investment.

The market response confirmed it: a $775,000 lift in value, a strong sale result in a competitive Collaroy Plateau market, and a property that moved from dated to fully resolved.

For homeowners and investors planning a similar project, The Parkes shows what's possible when renovation is approached as a complete reimagining rather than a surface-level refresh.