Two households, one front door
The suite runs on its own day to day, with its own small kitchen and bathroom, but it's only a few steps from the family dining table.
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Unit 2/9-11 Baillieu Court
Mitchell ACT 2911
Australia
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0403 890 301
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Custom HomeJacka · Gungahlin2023
Zubrzycki Residence
A Jacka home for three generations, with a private suite that has its own kitchenette.
This family needed a house that would let the grandparents live with them full time without either household giving up its independence. The answer was a self-contained suite at one end of the plan, with its own kitchenette, ensuite and walk-in robe, joined to the main house by a short hallway. Planning for two households under one roof is where custom homes in Canberra really make a difference, because no off-the-shelf plan gets the balance of privacy and togetherness right.
Everything else was designed around shared time: one large dining table, a main bathroom with a freestanding bath for the children, and a connecting hallway lit by a skylight, so the walk between the two parts of the house feels open rather than tucked away.
Site area
650 m²
Internal
292 m²
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Garage
Double
Star rating
7.3
Photographs
On site in Jacka.
Shot over three visits, at 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.
Ask about this specification- 01Self-contained suite with kitchenette, ensuite and walk-in robe
- 02Suite placed at one end of the plan, away from the main living areas
- 03Skylight over the connecting hallway for natural daylight
- 04Walk-in robes with LED-lit timber shelving
- 05Main bathroom with a freestanding bath and walk-in shower
- 06Wide doorways and a step-free shower in the suite for ageing in place
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.
Built for the years ahead
Doorways in the suite were widened and the shower was built without a step, so it will keep working well as the grandparents' needs change.
Daylight in the hallway
A skylight over the connecting hallway keeps the walk between the two parts of the house bright from morning to late afternoon.
Where it stands
Jacka,
Gungahlin.
- Client
- Multigenerational family
- Build time
- 12 months
- Delivered
- 2023
