Wedged between two heritage buildings in a trendy inner-city suburb lies an architectural modern masterpiece with a lefty indoor-outdoor courtyard, cosy boutique hotel-style master bedroom and a light-filled lounge room with soaring ceilings.
The stunning home is in highly sought-after Brisbane suburb of Fortitude Valley and is owned by top real estate agent Heath Williams who transformed the space into the stunning home it is today.
Heath said he loves the dreamy pad’s ‘sense of arrival’ as guests who step through the front gate are greeted by the custom-lit lush gardens and glass box-like home that contrasts the period walls it is sandwiched between.
Wedged between two 19th-century heritage buildings lies an incredibly unique and modern home owned and recently renovated by Queensland real estate agent and architecture enthusiast Heath Williams
The Fortitude Valley home in Brisbane was first built 12 years ago by renowned Queensland architect James Russell who lived there with his family before he sold it and the new buyer turn it into an office space
Heath came across the avant-garde property when it went back on the market in 2021 and he was looking at it for a client but he had to have it for himself
The home was first built 12 years ago by renowned Queensland architect James Russell who lived there with his family before he sold it and the new buyer turned it into an office space.
Heath came across the avant-garde property when it went back on the market in 2021 and he was looking at it for a client but he had to have it for himself.
The agent who has a background in interior design, has a small collection of three architect-designed properties, fell in love with the ‘presence’ of the unique home and moved in right away.
Heath said he loves the home’s ‘sense of arrival’ as guests who step through the front gate are greeted by the custom-lit lush gardens and glass box-like home that contrasts the period walls it is sandwiched between
Over the next 12 months, Heath gradually restored the contemporary home, reconfiguring two rooms to create one master bedroom but keeping the main structure in tact
‘I was sleeping on mattress on the floor in great big empty room and no windows or doors. I did wonder that first night ‘what the hell have I done?’,’ he told FEMAIL.
Over the next 12 months, Heath gradually restored the contemporary home, reconfiguring two rooms to create one master bedroom but keeping the main structure in tact.
‘You had to work with what was there. We couldn’t adjust any walls. It was more of a refurb job,’ he explained.
The statement-making home is set 16 metres back from the street through iron gates, and across a set of stepping stones in leafy garden beds.
While it’s impossible for Heath to pick his favourite room in the house he said he loves the master bedroom which he designed to be ‘reminiscent of boutique hotel’. ‘It’s done in a way you can shut it all down and make it into a really cosy space,’ he said
The statement-making home is set 16 metres back from the street through iron gates and across a set of stepping stones in leafy garden beds
‘I love coming through the front gates and past all the lights in the garden and looking up at this big black glass box,’ Heath said.
While it’s impossible for Heath to pick his favourite room in the house he said he loves the master bedroom which he designed to be ‘reminiscent of boutique hotel’.
‘It’s done in a way you can shut it all down and make it into a really cosy space,’ he said.
A formal lounge and dining area backs onto the kitchen and has triple-height ceilings, polished concrete floors, and dramatic windows that look out to the gardens below and let sunlight pour in
Heath also loves the leafy central courtyard that blurs the lines between indoors and outdoors and is connected to a sleek timber-clad kitchen with marbled stone benchtops and a moody lounge space.
The neighbouring 19th-century heritage buildings provide a charming backdrop in the lush courtyard and glimpses of their stained glass cathedral windows can be seen throughout the house.
‘You walk up in the house expecting to be inside but then you’re delivered into a central courtyard which has a tree in it right in the middle of the house,’ Heath explained.
‘You walk up in the house expecting to be inside but then you’re delivered into a central courtyard which has a tree in it right in the middle of the house,’ he explained
The lounge room is warmed by dark timber walls, designer furnishings the black steel fireplace which when lit Heath said makes the room ‘glow’ adding to its ‘drama’
Another formal lounge and dining area backs onto the kitchen and has triple-height ceilings, polished concrete floors, and dramatic windows that look out to the gardens below and let sunlight pour in.
The room is warmed by dark timber walls, designer furnishings, and the black steel fireplace which when lit Heath said makes the space ‘glow’ adding to its ‘drama’.
An avid lover of architecture, Heath is now selling the incredible home with an ask price of $3million-$3.5million as he’s keen to move onto another project.
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