Eight-month renovation adds $1m to price guide of Moonee Ponds home for sale

• Type of property: Restored and renovated Hawthorn-brick cottage
• Address: 20 Hutcheson Street, Moonee Ponds, VIC
• Price guide: $2.35 million-$2.55 million
• Auction: 10.30am, April 5

In 2024, this Moonee Ponds home sold for $1.35 million. Now, after a year and a renovation, it’s on the market for $1 million more.

Once you see the transformation by Natasha Nardella of Nardel Architects and Joshua Best of Jobe Homes, the price bump makes a little more sense.

The duo completed their first renovation in Brunswick West in 2024 to much critical acclaim, with recognition from Houses Awards and a feature in The Local Project.

This, their second collaboration, has been listed with Dylan Francis and Rebecca Smith at Whitefox Real Estate – Northside.

“You could see that it was this beautiful old cottage at one point in time, so it was just trying to bring that back,” Nardella says.

Jobe Homes completed the build in just eight months.

“A lot of the heritage elements were stripped from the home over time … [our] goal was always to retain the character of the period home while setting up a conversation between old and new at the back, ” Nardella says.

“If you’re looking at the existing facade, we put the posts back in, the lacework back in, [and] restored the verandah roof.

“At the front of the home, there were higher ceilings. There were decorative cornices and large architraves, all those period details.

“And then you move to the back, and while there are still high ceilings, they drop to about three metres … you get the full-height glazing and open-flow living.”

Nardella says her favourite feature in the home is a shroud window in the middle of the property. Part of the original cottage, it is visible from the street.

“That was a deliberate point of intersection between the heritage and the contemporary,” she explains. “Rather than having that strict boundary between old and new, the shroud window allows a moment of transition … showing people what’s to come, or that there might be something a bit quirky and modern at the back.”

There are four bedrooms, a study and two bathrooms at the front of the home, while the extension includes the kitchen and open-plan living and dining areas opening to a deck and central courtyard.

In the parents’ retreat, there are extensive built-in wardrobes and a lavish en suite with a bath and rain shower.

The cottage is close to public transport, private schools, foodie hotspots and parks, making this the perfect haven in which to raise a growing brood.

THE DEAL: Auction

20 Hutcheson Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039

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