Surrey Hills is known for its character homes and heritage streetscapes — Brodco builds wardrobes that fit those rooms without fighting the original design.
Surrey Hills has one of the more distinctive housing stocks in Melbourne's east, with Edwardian cottages, Californian bungalows and interwar homes making up much of the suburb, many under heritage overlay controls. Brodco has been building wardrobes for this kind of housing across the east for more than 40 years.
Because heritage streetscapes mean the external character of these homes stays largely untouched, the opportunity for better storage is almost always internal. We measure the room as it stands and build a wardrobe that fits it exactly, rather than proposing changes to the room itself.
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A lot of Surrey Hills bedrooms were designed before built-in storage was standard, so many homes rely on freestanding wardrobes that eat into usable floor space. Where a robe was added later, it's often narrower and shallower than modern hanging space really needs, particularly for combined his-and-hers storage.
Where an original bedroom is on the smaller side, as many are in this suburb's older cottages, a built-in wardrobe with a well-planned interior almost always beats trying to force in a walk-in. In the larger Californian bungalows with more generous main bedrooms, a walk-in conversion can work well, particularly where there's an adjoining nook or alcove to build into.
Many streets around Surrey Hills fall under a heritage overlay, so we focus changes inside the room rather than altering the home's exterior character.
It's a short drive from here to Box Hill, Mont Albert, Burwood, which we also service every week.
Yes, we offer door styles and finishes that work with a period home rather than looking out of place next to original skirtings and cornices.
Not at all, adding a first built-in wardrobe to an older Surrey Hills bedroom is one of our more common jobs.
Generally no, heritage overlays in this area apply to the exterior of the home, and a built-in wardrobe is an internal fit-out, so it isn't normally affected.
Yes, we design the internal layout to suit the room's actual dimensions, which matters in bungalow-era bedrooms that are often narrower than modern designs.
Every Brodco wardrobe, including installations in Surrey Hills, is backed by a 10-year guarantee.
Call (03) 9794 8195 or request a free quote online, and we'll arrange a measure around your home's character.
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