21st Century Pettit + Sevitt Kellyville Lowline home listed for May auction

21st Century Pettit + Sevitt Kellyville Lowline home listed for May auction
Jonathan ChancellorApril 29, 2013

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Ken Woolley's latest Modernist Pettit + Sevitt project home, built recently with 21st Century thinking, has been listed for May 25 auction.

Initially listed in 2011 with $1.18 million plus hopes, it comes with revised $850,000 plus expectations.

The five-bedroom, two-bathroom Lowline house project by the veteran architect was built in the Sydney hills district suburb of Kellyville at the request of Val Sevitt, the widow of company co-founder Ron Sevitt.

It is three decades after the original building company closed its doors. The original 1960s house design (pictured below) has been updated to meet modern building requirements.

Pettit + Sevitt relaunched in 2009 under the directorship of Ron Sevitt’s widow, Val Sevitt, and her children, Colin Sevitt and Carol Perry.

At one stage Pettit + Sevitt was building 400 of Lowline houses a year with about 3,500 built in the 1960s and '70s.

The latest offering has been listed through McGrath agent Mark Vinogradov.

Image courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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