Bayshore Avenue is a substantial whole-home renovation and extension of an original single-storey brick dwelling, transforming a dated 1970s-era home into a contemporary residence with a bold skillion roof addition spanning the full width of the block.

The project began with the existing brick veneer home - characterised by its arched carport entry and flat roofline - before Smith Quality Builders undertook a comprehensive structural overhaul. The new addition introduces a dramatic long-span skillion roof structure rising across the rear and side of the home, engineered with exposed rafter framing and a clerestory glazing band that brings natural light deep into the interior. Drone photography captures the roof structure at each stage - from bare rafters with the crew laying Earthwool insulation batts, through to the completed standing seam metal roof sheeting finished in a dark charcoal tone.

The underside of the new roof canopy reveals a key design feature - a full-length timber-lined soffit finished in warm horizontal boarding, running the entire length of the addition and continuing into the covered outdoor zone. Paired with large glazed sliding doors and a wraparound deck framed by wrapped structural columns, the addition creates a strong indoor-outdoor connection that defines the character of the completed build.

Wrap-around scaffolding, performance membranes, and careful sequencing across the existing structure and new works reflect the complexity of renovating around a live structure while delivering a result that reads as a cohesive, architecturally resolved whole.