Construction work on Skye Tamarama, a high-end luxury building on Illawong Road, is set to resume once issues raised in a stop work order have been resolved.
Point Built shared in a social media post that it will start working with Pure Interiors and the SPMA for the two fitouts of the building’s penthouses.
In December 2021, Fair Trading ordered to stop the construction based site inspections in September and October from the NSW Building Commissioner. Apparently, fire sprinklers were only installed at two levels of carparks in the basement and were not up to the standards whilst the remaining levels of the nine-storey apartment did not have any fire sprinklers at all.
Aside from the stop-work order, the agency also prevented the release of occupation certificates to unit owners until the fire sprinkler issues are fixed.
Compliance director Matthew Whitton said that it might take some time for the building to become habitable again but it is not yet ready at the moment. Understandably, there are frustrations from the owners of Skye Tamarama, who were expecting to move to their new units in early 2022.
Skye Tamarama consists of 80 apartments costing millions per unit and two 240-square metres penthouses with an average of a $20 million price guide. It was formerly known as the Glenview Court, which was constructed in the 1960s, and was called by many names like The Beast, Tamarama Toaster, Soviet Hospital and Housing Commission, as one of the “ugliest landmarks” in Eastern Sydney.
Plans to fully renovate Glenview Court as Skye Tamarama started over 10 years ago with a $21 million budget that has ballooned to $40 million once construction stated. In 2019, its last tenants vacated to make way for the major redevelopment.
Christine Smetsers, who is behind the transformation of Glenview Cour,t said that she has been getting calls about the stunning design of Skye Tamarama from designed by award-winning architect Nick Tobias. Smetsersa said that the apartment’s location is “the most elevated position in Tamarama” that gives the residence a unique and incomparable full frontage view of the beaches and the ocean.
