Property of the week - Downes

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This home on Downes Avenue has been completely reimagined by Venn Architects for family living today and well into the future with fastidious attention to detail and design.

Venn Architects has synthesized the hallmarks of past eras with a complete overhaul of living spaces to create a home with timeless values. The balance between the classic and contemporary is expressed by luxury stone surfaces and natural flooring serving as reference points within a layout designed to maximise space, privacy and the celebration of milestones and worthy moments.

Taking cues from an inherent understanding of the site itself, the architects and designers have delivered a functionally elegant home where texture is underpinned by simplicity. The home is both welcoming and wonderous, awesome yet accessible.

Relaxed entertaining anchors the home’s double storey addition with a striking blue tiled pool and the organic greens of a crisp lawn and landscaping softening sombre neutrals used sparingly in the new living areas. A black and white palette dominates in the original rooms of the home, where high ceilings and fireplaces anchor bedrooms.

It’s a home designed to be uncomplicated, shared and enjoyed no matter the occasion. It’s big, bold and beautiful without being fussy or over-done and perfect for a party or recovery, a family or friends.

To see more work by Venn Architecture, visit their website.

Planning a new shoot

Our photography service describes planning around a property's features, audience and campaign, with shooting standards, colour profiles and editing processes used for consistency. Discuss the required images and other services when booking.

Our Help and FAQs lists standard retouching such as removing flash and tripod reflections, reducing window glare, adding window detail, removing appliance stickers and carpet indentations, making pool and ocean water blue, removing pool cleaners and debris, and greening or repairing existing grass and vegetation. Fire inserts must be specified; obvious cords and fixed hoses need their locations identified. External bins are removed where they could not be moved on site. Blanking or blurring agent signboards is standard; full removal is additional retouching.

Requests to remove permanent external features require written acceptance of responsibility for the specific change because they can misrepresent the property. Ask us to review the edit and its intended use; written acceptance alone does not make every alteration appropriate.

The services available

The following service and booking information is based on our published guidance from September 2026. Confirm the scope, price, availability and timing for a new order; these are not records of services supplied for this featured property. Delivery estimates depend on the brief, selections and approvals.

Service Entry price
Photography — residential, architectural, commercial, builder, lifestyle, portrait and corporate From $165
Video — Social Property Trailer, Showcase, Prestige, Custom From $440
Floor plans and virtual services — plans, Virtual Styling, Virtual Dusk, VR360 From $75
Drone and aerial —
3D visualisation P.O.A.

Our entry prices are category starting points, not a price for every package. Our quotes exclude GST, with 14-day invoice terms.

Floor plans are available to communicate layout, with files normally delivered by close of business the business day after measuring. The published $75 starting point applies to the floor-plan and virtual-services category; confirm the price and scope of the required plan.

Where images are made for an architectural practice rather than one campaign, the treatment is held consistent across projects so the portfolio reads as a body of work, and licence scope — brochures, portals, advertising, the practice's own site — is agreed at order rather than assumed.

Booking your own shoot
Access Confirmed 24 hours in advance — key safe, on-site meeting, key collection (fee) or none needed
Indicative dusk commencement times Approximately 5:45–7:15 pm summer, 2:15–3:45 pm winter
Turnaround Photography close of business the next business day, or the business day after selections; express needs 48 hours' notice
Video 2–3 business days for a first draft; express is not available on video
Cancellation $55 daytime photography inside 3 hours · $110 dusk, video or drone inside 24 hours · adverse-weather reschedule free
File retention About 90 days

Orders are placed and delivered in DREAM, where photography amendments are raised as markup pins on the image; video amendments go through Vimeo, with minor ones turned around in 2–4 business hours.

We have teams on the ground in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, with Tasmania and Perth serviced on request.

Get in touch

For a new enquiry: Contact Urban Angles · Email studio@urbanangles.com · Call 1300 144 255

Our customer support operates Monday to Friday, 8:30 am–5:30 pm.

Portfolio · Products and services · Help and FAQs

Who reimagined the Downes Avenue home?

Venn Architects redesigned the home for family living while drawing on its earlier architectural character.

How are the old and new areas distinguished?

Original rooms retain high ceilings, fireplaces and a black-and-white palette; the new living areas use restrained neutrals, luxury stone and natural flooring.

What anchors the entertaining spaces?

A double-storey addition connects with a blue-tiled pool, lawn and landscaping for relaxed entertaining.

When are the finished files delivered?

On our current published terms, photography files are available by close of business on the business day after the shoot. With proofing, the clock starts when selections are submitted, and selections after 5 pm count as the next business day.

How do I request a change to an image?

Image selections and markup pins go through DREAM. Place the pin on the part of the image that needs attention and add a clear comment, which reaches the team member scheduled to retouch it.

How quickly are minor amendments turned around?

Minor amendments are normally available in 2 to 4 business hours, and additional charges may apply depending on the request and scheduling.

How long are the delivered files kept?

Final assets are kept for about 90 days and then removed, so download and store them in your own system. That is approximate published guidance rather than a contractual retention period.

How much notice do you need for property access?

Access details are needed 24 hours in advance. A contact name and phone number helps our field crew resolve problems such as finding the property or coordinating arrival.

What does standard retouching include?

Our published list covers removing flash and tripod reflections, reducing window glare and adding window detail, removing appliance stickers and carpet indentations, making pools and ocean blue, removing pool cleaners and debris, greening or repairing existing vegetation, and adding a fire where specified. Cords and fixed hoses need their locations identified.

How do I start a project with you?

Share the property or development address, the services you need, the campaign channels, any access constraints and your preferred delivery date. We will confirm scope, availability and price on a current quote before anything is booked.

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