A big milestone at Andy Lee’s mammoth $5 million renovation of a rundown Hawthorn manor he purchased with fiancée Rebecca Harding in 2021 has been reached, with the tunnelling of an underground tunnel connecting the previous and new full.
Andy took to social media not too long ago to share footage of the landmark achievement, exhibiting how a ultimate rock beneath the beams of the previous manor was efficiently eliminated and famous his aid {that a} quarter of the residence didn’t collapse into the pit under.
Explaining the method final month, Andy posted a video detailing the “tunnel excavation,” the place he mentioned how a brand new spiral staircase to stage one within the previous home prolonged to the tunnel of the brand new construct, whereas “unhealthy boy” metal beams on a short lived concrete pile took the entire weight of 1 / 4 of the home to make method for the tunnel.
The comic and TV host, and his now fiancé, bought the $8 million uncared for manor, which sits on a 950sqm landholding on the Yarra River in 2021, and on the time of buy it had sat idle for greater than a decade, and had no operating water or electrical energy.
Situated within the Rookery Property Precinct, two-storey residence, often known as Ravenswood, overlooks Burnley Park, and options eight rooms, excessive ceilings and arched hallways.
The favored TV and radio host, who’s greatest often known as one-half of comedy duo Hamish & Andy, was given permission by Boroondara Council final yr to construct a $5 million residence.
The couple’s plans to create a sprawling riverside property embody the addition of a second dwelling, a golf simulator, a pool, theatre, fitness center, bar, cellar, massive outside eating and leisure terrace, in addition to a 22.7sqm “ready space”.
The couple have enlisted David Flack and Richie Blight of acclaimed architectural agency, Flack Studio because the design crew answerable for bringing Ravenswood again to life.
Their builder is award successful Richmond primarily based Visioneer Builders.
Early in October marked two years remaining on the construct, and the couple defined their timber needed to be planted to permit time for them to develop, and since again backyard entry would quickly be blocked.
They went tree buying and shared their choices – a 15-year-old, 8 metre tall Scarlett Oak for the entrance of the house, Jacarandas for the whole block in addition to Ficus timber to line the rear of the property by the river.
4 of the timber have made their method from the Yarra Valley to the residence, transported on web site through a crane.
The property’s sprawling pool can also be underway with Andy additionally sharing that he was eager to make sure waste from the whole rebuild undertaking has been minimised and supplies have been sorted for reuse and recycling.
He shared that 90% of web site waste had up to now been recovered.