To our knowledge Eden Brae have not built a Sandringham in Sydney. In fact, Eden Brae do not have the Sandringham on display which makes it very hard to visualise the design. Perhaps this explains why no one has built one!
Eden Brae source many of their designs from
RSS Design Studio – a Melbourne based design company. The Sandringham design is also built by Porter Davis – a Melbourne based builder. They use the name '
Somerville'. It seems that Eden Brae and Porter Davis license a number of RSS Design Studio layouts eg. The Waldorf.
Porter Davis have the Sandringham on display about 50 minutes north of Melbourne CBD. Today we travelled to Melbourne for a couple of days at the Australian Open and decided that we should take the opportunity to inspect the display home ahead of our contract meeting with Eden Brae.
There are a couple of minor differences between the standard layouts used by Eden Brae and Porter Davis. For example Porter Davis runs the staircase in the opposite direction to Eden Brae. Overall though the Porter Davis layout was very similar to what we were expecting. The void over the rear living space is a stunning feature! We also loved the upstairs layout – the size of the living space and bedrooms which is very well suited to our family.
Overall it was definitely worth the visit and confirmed that we are heading in the right direction.
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| Entrance Hallway: The Porter Davis layout has the staircase running in the opposite direction. |
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| End of entrance hallway looking into kitchen & living space |
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| View of Dining/Living from Kitchen |
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| Upstairs living space |
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| The void is probably the key feature of the Sandringham layout |
Hi Leo, Firstly, thank you for your blog! We also have a family of six and live in Thornleigh, Sydney. We are keen on the Sandringham and are interested to hear how your construction goes. My wife and I have also been looking at Metricon's Duxton 39, Burbank's Harlech 432 and Hall & Hart's Madison 35/38. I'd love to know why you decided on the Sandringham as your choice.
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David
HI David,
ReplyDeleteYou are very close to us and we probably have lots of mutual connections!
For us it came down to layout, having 4 teenage (eventually) girls upstairs and we loved the void. We've had a few friends build with EB and they have all had positive experiences. We know Eden Brae haven't built many Sandringhms as there isn't a display home.
Feel free to email Justin - justin@leocreative.com.au, and we'd be more than happy to discuss further.