A view worth building toward
The whole open-plan wing was rotated on the block specifically to frame the ridge line to the west at sunset.
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HouseWeston · Canberra Surrounds2020
Weston Ridge House
A Weston Creek rebuild that turned a dated brick veneer into the street's quiet stand-out.
TypeHouse
LocationWeston, Canberra Surrounds
Delivered2020
Build time10 months
The Brief
How this home came to be.
The original house wasn't beyond saving, but the family wanted something the block hadn't offered before — so we started again, oriented the new build to the ridge line views to the west, and let a two-tone kitchen anchor the open living wing.
Smoked-oak upper cabinetry against crisp white lowers reads as a deliberate, considered palette rather than a trend — the kind of kitchen that won't look dated when the next owner eventually asks about it.
Site area
700 m²
Internal
241 m²
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Garage
Double
Star rating
7.2
Photographs
On site.
Shot over three visits — dawn, midday and dusk — so the material palette reads the way the family will actually live in it.
What's inside
The specification, in plain English.
Every line here is something we insisted on — not something added to fatten a quote.
- 01Full rebuild oriented to capture westerly ridge views
- 02Two-tone kitchen in smoked oak and satin white
- 03Integrated rangehood concealed within upper cabinetry
- 04Engineered stone benchtops with a waterfall end panel
- 05Ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning, zoned by level
- 06Double glazing to all westerly-facing glazing
Signature moments
The things worth
pointing out.
Small decisions that only reveal themselves once you're living in the house. These are ours for this project.
Two tones, one decision
Smoked oak and satin white were chosen together as a single palette decision, not a compromise between two options.
A kitchen built to age well
Materials were chosen specifically to avoid obvious 'of the moment' trends, so the kitchen reads the same in ten years as it does today.
Where it stands
Weston,
Canberra Surrounds.
- Client
- Private family
- Build time
- 10 months
- Delivered
- 2020
