Adras House is a historic building built in the early 1890’s, near Hyde Park in Perth. It acts as our registered office and provides a central location.

The re-birth of the building was a long and very slow process requiring some 14 months to complete and needed both Adras Property partner’s talents to become a reality.

Although structurally a very sound building, the property had been allowed to fall into disrepair and ultimately dereliction. When we purchased the property in early 2005, the first task was to strip the entire building back to its bare shell, salvaging anything that could be repaired or documenting any special features we thought worthy of re-creation. We commissioned a small team of dedicated crafts men and women to repair and create elements of the original building such as the lead-lighting, the internal and external stained glass door and wall panels, the decorative ceilings, plaster mouldings and cornices, architraves and skirtings.

The entire building was re-wired, re-plumbed and both weatherproofed and insulated, even the original floor boards were lifted, re-sprung and relayed. Traditional floor and wall tiles were sourced from various places and the original claw foot bath was re-enamelled.

Although it may appear than we attempted to re-create a historical time piece, this is not an accurate impression. We undertook a renovation of the property NOT A RESTORATION. Yes, we retained many of the original features of the property but we also added many subtle extras, which to the purist would be unacceptable.

It is partly due to our beliefs regarding property that we chose the path of renovation rather than restoration. Nothing lasts forever, why create a pastiche of something gone. In our mind it is far better to harness the spirit of something gone and allow that spirit to mould with the new, so as to create its own new spirit, which is current for the time.

STAGE TWO
From October 2008, we began work at extending and further improving the building by the addition of a new two storey structure to the rear of the existing historic house on Edith Street.

The extension has been designed to match the existing building, in style, colour and finish both internally and externally. For more information concerning the Stage Two extension, please visit the STAGE TWO PAGE.