It's a real mix, isn't it! I see art deco in your iron work. Is the inside reflective of that?

Sure looks like they didn't mind a bit of concrete.

There are still a lot of Greek around here. All my three adjacent neighbours are greek: left, right, and back.

Here are three more photos on interior from the sale back in 2010. There was another intermediate owner before us who renovate the place inside a little bit. So Earlier photo should be more representative of what original owner did to the house.

Kitchen and living area which is a new extension done probably back in 70s or 80s. Kitchen was definitely around that 80s era.

This was original master bed at the front under the gable roof.

This was original living area with (now defunct) fireplace at the front behind veranda.

Here is close up of a kitchen with some update from previous owner at the sale time last year.

Thank you dohraime. I like you hypothesis about step feature at the gable front and art deco era. I think that was probably the closest this I could find at this stage in terms of visual similarity.

The living area connected to the kitchen was extended back probably around 70s-80s. As far as we know, the Italian gentleman had a big family with four kids, so he needed more space for beds.

The other two rooms at the front may have been renovated at some point as well. Cornices in the front three rooms including hall way definitely look more elaborate than one in the extension area.

We have only three windows left to us that was from the era of original owners. They were time double hung windows that were very old, very fragile, and difficult to open. These three were at the two front rooms and a kitchen as pictured in 2010 and 2014 sales. As far as I can see from the old pictures of 2010 sales, windows in the extension living room were double hung windows of the same style as well. So they may have been replaced at some point in time.

Previous owner replaced most of the windows to double glazed units, and we completed the remaining three after moving in last year.

Weve bought a very similar house in adelaide its been called an austerity house built after ww11 40 - 50S by soldier settlers . The country didnt have much in the way of building materials and they couldnt be any bigger than 10 sqs later the lean too was put on to join the toilet and and laundry together at the back. We are just organising to take the back off for a much needed extension. Huge back yard and lots of concrete to pull up (loved by the greek and italian people who bought these houses in the 60 and 70s)

Looks like an interwar or up to 1940's house to me. Which covers art deco period. Definitely not a Californian bungalow.

Yeah, definitely it is not a Californian bungalow.

I found an ariel image of the area from 1943, and it turned out that the house was not built back then. So this should be 40s - 50s era house.

Hi,

have a look on your local council website and see if you can find a character retention policy or overlay. Quite often these docs have a background history of the suburb including descriptions and characterisations of the housing.

We have found that what we would call a 'period war home', others would call a federation arts and craft or a federation bungalow.

To me it most looks like what we call a post war 'austerity cottage'.

cheers