Family Home IBK

We had a dream of building a small, beautiful home that could work with our family that are all in various phases of life with varying needs.

Refresh* delivered us with an amazing design, beyond our imaginings.  Throughout the design and building process Refresh* maintained exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to a high-quality product.

We are the proud owners of an exceptional piece of architecture that has added so much quality and comfort to our lives.

We love the look and feel of our Family-Home - each person who walks past stops and looks and says, “how great”.

Barbara Haid - owner Family Home IBK

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SAOIR

We have bought SAOIR as a new home, hence we were not involved in the briefing of it. However, we were incredibly delighted how easy it was to settle into the new house. It was so well thought through, so many uplifting and positive surprises which we would never have expected. We just really love it. 

This house has one of the best kitchens we have ever used, bench space is superb and an abundance of storage. The curves are not only look fantastic, they are really functional. There is a very nice and subtle filtered light in all living areas. All rooms are cross ventilated and shaded from the summer sun to avoid overheating and the concrete slab helps to keep the rooms cool in summer It is easy to see how much thought has gone into creating this home to not only make it beautiful, but totally functional in every aspect. 

The architects succeeded in truly celebrating subtropical living when designing SAOIR. The R* team seamlessly merged the qualities of the early 1900’s cottage with the demands of contemporary living in a very skilfully executed fusion of architecture and lush subtropical landscaping. We have no hesitation to recommend R* to design for any residential commission, and if we were to do our next home we will certainly talk to them.

Kristen - owner SAOIR

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CLAYFIELD RESIDENCE

Favourite part of your extension and renovation
Everything! Refresh and Bespoke have done an amazing job. There is so much more space and storage. It looks very modern and matches exceptionally well with our existing house. Kids love the new living room and the new extension to the kitchen bench. 

Impact on daily use
Everything flows well. The extension of the kitchen table is being used extensively every day as both dining and study space by all of us. Kids won't go elsewhere. We feel very comfortable and the extension has become an essential part of our everyday living.

Successfully achieve the goal
Refresh has indeed successfully achieved our goals. They gave our dream house more space with additional modern and functional design. 

Favourite part working together
The refresh team is friendly and professional people. They are incredibly approachable and easy to get hold of. 

“The team works with you! From the start, they clearly understood what we want and shared our vision for the renovation. They also gave excellent suggestions and recommendations along the way that achieved an even better result. ”

Ida & Norm - owners Clayfield Residence

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HAWTHORNE SIBLINGS

“From the moment we met Erhard & Monika of Refresh Design, we knew we were in capable hands.  They were warm, welcoming and intent on understanding our brief.  They are meticulous in all facets of the design, including making sure the design/build brief would meet a realistic budget, whilst still featuring bespoke architectural features. 

We have engaged Refresh for three projects now.  The first was to reconfigure the floorplan of a beautiful old Queenslander, whose period details were to be celebrated, but incorporate a more contemporary open plan living.  

The second was the design of the ‘Hawthorne Siblings’, two identical 3 bedroom compact homes on two compact blocks.  Llewellyn oversaw the build ensuring the detailed plans on paper, did in fact come to life with the quality we had all envisioned. His dedication to this project was unfaltering.

We have just started our third project, a knock-down-rebuild on a steep city view block.  Whilst all projects are varied in their needs, we give our complete trust to Refresh, as they deliver every single time.  We highly recommend you consider Refresh for your next project.”

Steve & Tash Vella - Hawthorne Siblings

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