POINT CHEVALIER TRANSITIONAL BUNGALOW | HERITAGE RENOVATION & EXTENSION IN COLLABORATION WITH KRH BUILD

Some renovations begin at the front door. This one began at the front gate.

This 1930s Point Chevalier bungalow sat on a flat 607 square metre section. Original character intact at the front, a garage and driveway consuming the best part of the section. The brief was clear: combine the garage into the heritage bungalow form at the front, reclaim the space, and reimagine everything else.

Macfie Architecture reconfigured the existing footprint entirely. Four bedrooms, a master bathroom, and a powder room now occupy the original bungalow - the master suite anchored by a generous walk-in wardrobe and ensuite, the 1930s detailing retained and celebrated throughout. The character of the original dwelling was never in question. What changed was everything around it.

Before you reach the new addition, the powder room stops you. A backlit onyx vanity glows against textured plaster walls, sculptural pendant drops overhead. A small room that announces, quietly but clearly, the standard of everything that follows.

A hallway leads you forward. Steps down mark the threshold between old and new, and the extension opens ahead - sweeping vaulted ceilings with exposed beams lifting the space above an open-plan kitchen, dining, and living area that flows without interruption. The kitchen is anchored by a dramatic bookmatched stone splashback, its natural veining running the full height of the wall alongside warm timber cabinetry and a substantial stone island. A scullery sits discreetly behind. A second lounge offers a quieter retreat when the main spaces are at full stretch.

Beyond the living areas, the home opens fully to a white-painted pergola, saltwater pool, inbuilt spa, and outdoor shower. The garden, designed by Xanthe White, completes the picture - considered planting, a mature olive tree, and a landscape that earns its place alongside the architecture rather than sitting behind it.

A home built by its owner. Finished to a standard that shows exactly what that means.

Project Scope: concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring.

Build by KRH Build

Garden Design by Xanthe White

Visuals by Sam Warner

Point Chevalier bungalow renovation rear extension — white pergola, pool, outdoor dining and open-plan kitchen visible through stacking sliders by Macfie Architecture Auckland
Open-plan dining and kitchen with stone island, warm timber cabinetry and sliders to garden - 1930s Point Chevalier bungalow renovation by Macfie Architecture Auckland.
Vaulted open-plan kitchen, dining and living extension with bookmatched stone island, timber floors and stacking sliders to outdoor deck — Point Chevalier bungalow renovation by Macfie Architecture Auckland.
Bookmatched stone splashback and island with timber cabinetry and scullery — bespoke kitchen design in a 1930s Point Chevalier bungalow renovation by Macfie Architecture Auckland.
White painted pergola, timber deck, saltwater pool with glass fencing and outdoor dining — Point Chevalier bungalow renovation by Macfie Architecture Auckland.
Aerial view of a fully renovated 1930s Point Chevalier bungalow showing original roofline, contemporary rear extension, white pergola, saltwater pool and front garden — Macfie Architecture Auckland.
Restored 1930s bungalow street facade with original weatherboard, plantation shutters and front garden planting — Point Chevalier bungalow renovation by Macfie Architecture Auckland.