Lane Cove is a beautiful place to bring up your family. It has its village atmosphere, leafy harbourside, safe neighbourly culture and easy access to Sydney’s CBD.
For home renovations, Lane Cove Council considers a balance of economic, environmental, cultural, and social elements. This balance protects the unique nature of Lane Cove. It enhances the quality of life for the residents of this beautiful place for many generations to come. They include sustainability and climate resilience in their planning.
The homes in the Lane Cove Council area have been well-built, representing different architectural styles over many decades. These homes are suited to upgrades to improve their liveability.
Upgrading or transforming your home will offer your family an exciting new-home feel with indoor-outdoor spaces. These will suit your contemporary lifestyle and make a statement about your personal style.
Well-built homes that need updating or expanding to accommodate your growing family respond well to a design style that is sympathetic to the existing house.
When designing renovations and extensions to homes in Lane Cove, Martin of Martin Kolarik Home Design, aims to raise the design standards to meet your contemporary lifestyle and for the extension to be sympathetic to your existing home.
If your home is in good condition, then extending and renovating will result in a new home feel.
Designing Home Renovation in Lane Cove Council
Improving how comfortable your home feels year-round with clever light penetration reaching deep into your home and thermally efficient features, wherever possible, is good for your family and our environment.
To maintain the environmental characteristics of Lane Cove, Council regulates the preservation of biodiversity in the bushland and waterways. Council is quite clear on the biodiversity and bushfire regulations to incorporate when designing alterations and additions close to these environments. Robust research during the Concept Design phase is essential.
The Key to Obtaining Approvals From Council
Lane Cove Council is focused on approving designs for homes that meet their regulations. These regulations are specific to each property. Whether the regulations relate to Heritage or Bushfire areas, or a property that has no complications, every submission needs to comply with the property-specific regulations.
Designing a home that our clients will be proud to live in whilst balancing and respecting Council’s specific objectives is Martin Kolarik’s forte. He has a keen eye for designing creative solutions and elegant homes.
Martin enjoys the technical and artistic challenges of designing homes for families.
Martin stays up to date on the latest regulations in Lane Cove Council DAs (Development Applications) and NSW State CDCs (Complying Development Certificate). What this means for you is that he can advise you on what is feasible on your property based on the changes you wish to make to your home and employ the most user-friendly approval process for your project.
There are situations where a property does not fit into the typical parameters. In these circumstances, Martin Kolarik has had a great deal of success negotiating outcomes that sit well with the Council’s objectives and our clients. Designing homes that meet the objectives of Lane Cove Council is the best way to obtain Council approval.
Designing Home Renovations in Bushfire-Prone Areas in Lane Cove Council
The beauty of the bush is perhaps one of the many reasons you moved here. These things of beauty can be managed with successful designs.
To renovate on Bushfire-Prone Land, a high level of expertise regarding the specific material selection and construction appropriate to your property’s BAL (Bushfire Attack Level) rating is essential.
Martin Kolarik has a wealth of experience in creating successful elegant designs for home extensions and additions for all BAL levels, especially in the higher BAL Rating areas, like BAL-FZ (Flame Zone) and BAL-40.
Martin has followed the evolution of bushfire regulations for decades. As a result, he is at the forefront of the current regulations, subsequent bushfire construction techniques and appropriate available building materials.
Designing Renovations of Heritage Homes in Lane Cove
The local characteristics of homes that have a significant representation of the local history are preserved through Heritage Conservation Areas and specific Heritage Items.
Heritage Conservation Areas encompass the overall effect of the houses along a street and sometimes the landscape. That creates a streetscape that is representative of the history of the area.
The aim of the Council’s review of any proposal for the development of a Heritage Item is to ensure that the proposal is sympathetic to the form and style of the existing property and its heritage significance.
Martin has successfully designed renovations of Heritage properties in councils across Sydney’s north, including Lane Cove Council.
Martin Kolarik is your design expert from the North Shore
Martin Kolarik personally designs every project. Most importantly he is transparent with his advice regarding what is possible and feasible. This advice is based on a wealth of experience in creating successful elegant designs for home extensions and additions.
Martin has 100% success in receiving approvals.
Martin is focused on making sure the process of renovating your home remains a memorable and enjoyable one.
His expertise gives you the confidence your home design will be in keeping with the standards of Lane Cove Council and, most importantly, meet your goals.