Renovations and period restoration in North Melbourne.

North Melbourne sits right against the city and the Queen Victoria Market, and the housing reflects that long history: rows of Victorian workers cottages and terraces on narrow blocks, a good number of them under a heritage overlay, alongside more recent townhouses and apartment buildings built as the suburb has filled in over the decades. It’s a suburb where the two worlds sit side by side on the same street.

On the older cottages and terraces, our period restoration service handles the heritage side of things, council submissions included, so original features are kept where they can be and matched carefully where they can’t. Often the right job here is a straightforward renovation: opening up a dark, chopped-up Victorian floor plan, or updating a kitchen and bathroom that hasn’t been touched in decades, without losing the frontage that makes the street what it is.

Where a property sits in a strata building rather than a standalone house, our body corporate remediation service covers common property repairs and capital works, working directly with the owners corporation or strata manager.

In North Melbourne, planning permits and the heritage overlay are the City of Melbourne’s responsibility, and the state’s VicPlan map shows whether a property is covered.

Every project is managed personally, with clear communication at every stage. Foremost holds building registration CDB-U63719, and Robert is a current member of Master Builders Victoria.