Architects in Ascot, Brisbane

Renovating on Brisbane's blue-chip hill

Ascot's reputation rests on its housing: generous pre-war homes, many of them grand, on elevated streets running between Racecourse Road and the hill towards Clayfield. The traditional building character overlay covers much of the suburb, so these houses are protected, and the projects that succeed here are renovations and extensions that respect the original while quietly rebuilding everything behind it. Buyers pay for Ascot's streetscapes, which means good character work protects your asset as well as your architecture.

The brief in Ascot is usually about quality rather than square metres: reworking a floor plan designed for another century, bringing light into deep southern rooms, and detailing kitchens, bathrooms and joinery to the standard the house deserves. Our guide to renovating a character home covers how we approach the balance of heritage form and modern living.

Norman House, Ormond Street and Flemington House

Norman House and Ormond Street are both Ascot renovations, and Ormond Street went on to be featured in Queensland Homes magazine. Across the suburb boundary in Hendra, Flemington House is a ground-up custom home, part of a wider run of projects through the northern suburbs that includes Clayfield and three Hendra homes. The full Ormond Street story is told in its case study.

Working with Invilla in Ascot

Prestige renovations live or die on documentation, because the craftsmanship you are paying for has to be specified, not hoped for. We keep the same architect on your project from concept through approvals to construction documentation, with a fixed fee agreed before design begins.