A new design with SHORE.
Bring the survey and your plans for the property. Our architects and builders test the home together as the design develops.
Chifley / One home or two
Builders in Chifley for new homes and duplexes
AXIS is our completed Chifley duplex, built to architecture by Superior Design. We build custom houses and paired residences that give the garden, the frontage and everyday living equal weight.
AXIS / Chifley / Completed 2025
01 / The proposition
Room for two homes and a garden
Good builders in Chifley look past how many rooms fit on a block. Before we fix a footprint, the entries, cars, trees and private gardens each get their place.
At AXIS, two residences sit beneath distinct gabled forms. We built them to Superior Design's architecture and delivered the interiors and facade work ourselves.
Your long term plan
Settle the ownership plan first
If a duplex is the goal, we look at the building and any future subdivision together. The parent site area you need is one question. The size of each lot it creates is another.
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[ AXIS ]
Situated in the heart of Chifley, Axis is a home that commands attention -the bold interplay of crisp white cladding and deep charcoal battens creates a striking monochromatic facade, while the clean gabled rooflines and sharp geometric forms bring a confident, contemporary edge.
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Explore project details Before you count on a second home
Lot size and drainage in Chifley
Council's R2 dual occupancy guidance treats eligibility to build and eligibility to subdivide as separate questions. Both need reconciling with current State housing provisions and your particular site.
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The parent lot.
Council's guidance cites 550 square metres and 15 metres of frontage for an attached R2 dual occupancy. Those figures are a first local test. They do not promise consent or settle the full State pathway.
- 02
The southern drainage study.
Chifley sits within the Lurline Bay, Matraville, Malabar and Yarra Bay catchments study. We obtain the property's flood information before placing low rooms, garages or service equipment.
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The garden.
We plan trees and landscaping as we place the driveways, so setbacks and outdoor areas still work once the cars are in.
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A separate title for each home.
Council's R2 guidance distinguishes Torrens subdivision lots of 275 square metres outside conservation areas from 400 square metres within them. We check the applicable title requirements and State provisions before drawing the dividing boundary.
Planning resources
Making two homes work
A separate arrival for each Chifley home
Two homes on one block should still feel simple to live in. We sort out the practical divisions before we detail the exterior.
Your ownership brief.
Tell us whether you will live in, lease or sell each home. We test the proposed title arrangement with the planning team.
The frontage.
We draw both front paths and the way cars come and go in one plan. Useful garden space stays in that same drawing.
The shared parts.
We resolve party walls, meters and service routes. Then we review the construction sequence before the finishes for either home are fixed.
Starting with us
Start a design or hand us the drawings
We can help shape a workable brief for your Chifley block. A design you already hold can also become the basis of our building scope.
Your architect's design, our build.
AXIS was a collaboration with Superior Design. We are glad to discuss the same construction role on your own architect's scheme.
Explore our work
AXIS, built by SHORE in Chifley
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[ AXIS ]
Chifley, NSW
Completed 2025
AXIS pairs white cladding and charcoal battens beneath two gabled rooflines. We completed it in 2025.
- Architecture
- Superior Design
- Interiors & facade
- SHORE
Chifley's streets
Gardens and reserve edges in Chifley
Council's Bunnerong Creek character guidance covers Chifley and its low density streets. Where a property meets a reserve, we design the landscape edge alongside the house.
In the 2021 Census, 58.8 per cent of Chifley's occupied private dwellings were separate houses. For a replacement house or a pair of homes among them, we keep useful outdoor space in the very first footprint study.
Questions to bring early
Questions owners ask about Chifley blocks
Did SHORE design the architecture at AXIS?
Superior Design was the architect for AXIS. We built the Chifley residences and delivered the interiors and facade work, completed in 2025.
Can I subdivide a Chifley duplex into two titles?
Subdivision needs its own assessment of the proposed titles and the controls that apply. We plan it alongside the build, because approval for two homes does not automatically create two saleable lots.
What affects the cost of building on a Chifley block?
Drainage, changes in ground level and the layout of services can change the work required. We price these from what we find on site rather than a standard allowance for every block.
Your Chifley block
Tell us who your Chifley home is for
Let us know how you plan to use the property, including any idea of housing two households. We will walk you through what to test before the design moves ahead.
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