Heritage Schoolhouse Eco-Conversion
Architect Designed Family Space at WestWyck, Australia's First One Planet Community
Architect Designed Family Space at WestWyck, Australia's First One Planet Community
conversion already complete
We've been telling all callers that the WestWyck Eco Village dwellings Stages One and Two have been sold and that once sold, they tend to stay that way as people really like living in the WestWyck community.
However, a four bedroom dwelling to be built within the 1880s school building and originally intended to be retained for family members is now up for public sale. It combines WestWyck state of the art energy, water and materials treatments with inspiring design within a heritage building.
The available Schoolhouse conversion reflects an intelligent emphasis on achieving efficiency with elegance, balancing sustainability with style. The aesthetics are appealing; with light-filled spaces, generous bedrooms, quality kitchen and bathrooms, design touches achieved by award-winning architects Multiplicity working in conjunction with SL Architecture.
WestWyck is acknowledged as a pioneer in the global movement to live more sustainably and the Eco Village reflects a visionary approach to inner urban living. A scheme to save a Victorian-era school building from demolition has posed an alternative model to the way Melbourne has been developing since the middle of the twentieth century. WestWyck is Australia's first One Planet Community, an accreditation that not only covers design and construction but supports new purchasers through a post-occupancy pathway into a sustainable lifestyle.
Well-orientated private courtyard and access to shared community spaces and gardens respond brilliantly to demands of urban living. Phillip Johnson Landscape are known for their clever and conservationist approach to water use and the public spaces benefit from this.
WestWyck is close to bike paths, Clifton Park, local schools, the Melville Road trams, the 508 and other bus routes with Sydney Road and the Upfield Line within easy reach. An underground car space and access to shared bike parking come with the dwelling.
The conversion is available 'off the plan', achieving significant Stamp Duty savings.
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Large family space in heritage schoolhouse at WestWyck, Australia's first One Planet community The last space is released in this visionary inner urban eco-village - a four bedroom, architect conversion within an 1880s building will combine state of the art energy, water and materials treatments with inspiring design. It will have a wellorientated private courtyard, an underground car space and access to communal space, bike parking and gardens that respond brilliantly to contemporary urban living. WestWyck is close to bike paths, Clifton Park, local schools, a tram line and bus routes and near to Sydney Road shops, trams and the Upfield train line.