Monday, October 10, 2011

Karori Chalet Mount Macedon

Karori: Renovation project at Mount Macedon, Victoria

SMH Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Overgrown gardens surround the house.
Overgrown gardens surround the house.

Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Photo Gallery Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui by Jenny Brown
Story at SMH: ****Karori: A project for a romantic****

This restoration enthusiast is smitten by the potential in a shabby 1890s chalet.
It's lucky Dominic Romeo likes the cold, is passionate about the tasks of major heritage renovations and has a wife, Marie, who is an interior designer, because they've just taken on the task of fixing up ''Karori'', a heritage-listed 1890 hill station at Mount Macedon.
Mr Romeo says of the house: ''I was sold at the front gate even before seeing [it].''
When he saw the six-bedroom weatherboard pile in the overgrown 2.47-hectare garden full of huge, 120-year-old specimen trees, he says it took him a two-second visual survey to know ''this was it''.

The Swiss-Italian-style chalet with its decorative fretwork, fancy roof finials, tall chimneys and square tower was the very definition of shabby chic, albeit with impressive provenance.
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Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

External view of fineal timber work - Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui

Lounge room bay window - Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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  1. Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Dominic Romeo outside Kaorori. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
  2. Overgrown gardens surround the house.
    Overgrown gardens surround the house.
  3. The exterior will likely get a coat of soft green.
    The exterior will likely get a coat of soft green.
  4. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
  5. Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
    Baltic and kauri pine panels lend a distinguished character. Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascui
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    Picture: Luis Enrique Ascu

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