Registered architect · Renovations & extensions · Melbourne's inner west
The street is right. The house isn't — yet.
You don't have to move to fix it. Renovations, extensions and new homes designed by a registered architect — across Melbourne's inner west, from Williamstown and Newport to Spotswood and Yarraville, and out into regional Victoria and southern NSW.
Brodie Norris — registered architect, Victoria 801663 & New South Wales AMR-003408 · ArchiTeam member
0436 001 012
Where to begin
Let's find the right next step for your home.
You don't need drawings, a budget, or a plan to take it. You just need to want more from where you live.
I want to renovate or extend
Make the home you already love work harder — more light, more room to breathe, more of you in every corner.
Starts with a Clarity Consultation · fixed fee A$1,200
Creating your home →
I'm thinking about buying
Know what you're really buying — and what it could become — before money and emotion take over.
Fixed-fee pre-purchase report · priced on the property
Confidence to buy →Not sure which one yet? That's completely normal — most people start exactly here.
Why it matters
The moments a home should hold.
Early morning on the window seat, stretched out like a cat in the soft light — the day hasn't begun, but it already feels generous.
A late-summer barbecue on the verandah under vine-filtered light. And that long, honest breath the moment you close the door behind you and the street goes quiet.
A home doesn't announce itself — it's simply felt. These are the moments we plan and design for.
Sunlight
Energy, warmth, and a sense of time passing through the day. The light that makes a room feel alive — and a home feel like yours.
Shelter
Comfort, privacy and protection. The quiet structure that holds a family — and lets you breathe out the second you're home.
Get these two right early, and the rest of the home quietly follows.
How it works
A calmer way to begin the work.
No jargon, no surprise invoices, no pressure. Four steady steps from "where do I even start" to the morning it finally feels like home.
A conversation
A free, no-pressure chat about your home, your hopes, and whatever's worrying you most.
What's possible
We test your site, planning and budget — and put it back to you in plain language.
Design together
Concepts you can actually picture living in — shaped with you, never at you.
Through to the keys
We stay beside you through approvals and builders, right to the first morning it's yours.
Where we work
Melbourne's inner west, and a few places further out.
Most of our renovation and extension work is in Hobsons Bay — Williamstown, Newport, Spotswood, South Kingsville and Yarraville — where heritage overlays, narrow Victorian blocks and flood controls decide what's possible long before anyone draws a line. We also work in Coburg, and design new homes across the Murray in Echuca, Moama and Mildura.
Free tool
Is your house in a heritage overlay?
Type your address. You'll find out in a second whether you're inside a Hobsons Bay heritage precinct, which one, and what it actually means for a renovation — including the controls most people get wrong. No email, no sign-up.
A few homes
Quiet, considered, built to be lived in.
Worth knowing
A few things worth knowing before you start.
Renovation design in Hobsons Bay: a local guide
Heritage overlays, flood controls, narrow blocks — what makes renovating Melbourne's inner west different.
9 min read
Working with an architect during construction
Why an architect's most valuable work often happens after the design is done.
5 min read
What an architect notices that most buyers miss
Look past the finishes — layout, light, structure and planning are what really matter.
5 min read
In their words
What it's like to work with us.
“I had spoken to another designer, but what they were suggesting felt too radical and didn’t align with what I wanted to keep. Talking to Sunlight & Shelter felt completely different.”
“From a planning perspective, I was stuck. I couldn’t see how we could fit everything in. The clarity was exactly what I needed.”
“I found it a real relief having someone handle the permit side of things. Without that documentation in place, I would have been chasing my tail.”
Start with a brief. Talk when you're ready.
Ten friendly questions and a written brief lands in your inbox — nothing to sign up for. When you want to talk it through, a discovery call is twenty minutes and not a pitch.