There’s a secret hiding behind this home’s sharp, brutalist façade: its original brick bungalow form is largely intact. Carmen bought the three-bed house 16 years ago with her husband, Carl, to eventually retire there. “We loved the area, and it was a small house on a small block of land that would suit us in 10 or 15 years’ time,” recalls Carmen. Carl had envisioned replacing the 1970s bungalow with a sustainable, energy-efficient home, while Carmen thought a renovation made more sense. When…
