The extended alfresco roof from the lawn, with new walls lined and a long window opening

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Alfresco Extension In Greenvale

In Greenvale we extended a back alfresco, lined it and closed it in as a room with a long high window. We are based in Craigieburn, which borders Greenvale.

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The Greenvale Extension

The house had an open alfresco at the back, set between brick piers. We extended its roof further out and put in new posts and beams.

New walls were framed under the extended roof, with an opening framed high in one wall for a long window. The walls, ceiling and beams were then lined.

With the linings on, the alfresco was closed in as a room. The photos follow it from the garden side and at the point where the new work meets the house.

Photographed during the build.

What we did

  1. 01Alfresco roof extended
  2. 02New posts and beams
  3. 03Walls and ceiling lined in fibre cement
  4. 04Opening framed for a long high window
  5. 05Closed in as a room
Alfresco extension, Greenvale: all 9 photos
A small alfresco at the back of a brick house, with a concrete slab
The alfresco before
The finished room with painted walls and a long high window
Closed in as a room

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Planning In Greenvale

Greenvale is in Hume City Council. Check your own property on VicPlan.

Housing

Subdivision in Greenvale began in 1972, mostly on blocks of 0.5 to 5 hectares with large houses in a wide range of styles.

Source: Victorian Places
Homes

In the 2021 Census, 96.8% of homes in Greenvale were separate houses, with 3.9 bedrooms on average.

Source: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats
Reservoir

Parts of Greenvale are in the Greenvale Reservoir Catchment Protection overlay (ESO9). It asks for a permit only for buildings or works inside a waterway management easement shown on the title or plan of subdivision.

Source: Hume Planning Scheme, clause 42.01, schedule 9
Airport

Some of Greenvale is under the Melbourne Airport Environs Overlay (Schedule 2, the 20 to 25 ANEF noise contours), which exempts extensions under half the existing floor area.

Source: Hume Planning Scheme, clause 45.08, schedule 2
Heritage

Hume's heritage listings in Greenvale are homesteads, ruins, a church, a bridge and a park, among them Woodlands Homestead, Dunhelen Homestead and Barn, and Prospect Cottage. None is a housing precinct.

Source: Hume Planning Scheme, clause 43.01, schedule

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