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Sorrento

Sorrento is an established canal neighbourhood where waterfront orientation and suburban street character meet. Good residential architecture balances views, privacy, shade, afternoon heat, landscape and water-edge conditions, with early attention to the property information that shapes what can be built.

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Canal homes with a composed garden edge.

Sorrento is a recognised local precinct within the official Bundall locality, not a separate Queensland locality for planning searches. Version 13 mapping across Bundall includes canal and Nerang River edges, waterfront controls, flood assessment, wetlands, low-elevation land and varying residential height conditions. Only an address-based search can establish what applies to a particular Sorrento property; site levels, waterway setbacks and existing approvals should be confirmed early.

Sorrento’s canal-front properties need more than a broad rear opening. Layered terraces, shade and waterside planting can create depth between living rooms and the canal, while the street frontage remains calm and private. A renovation can often improve the whole sequence by reorganising service areas and circulation before expanding the building footprint.

Considering a Sorrento canal property?

Send the address and any survey or water-edge information you have. We can help test the renovation, site and approval strategy before design begins.

Send us the address, what you are considering and any information you already have. We can help identify the next useful step.

Considering a Gold Coast project?

TURNER+ welcomes enquiries for new homes, major renovations, extensions, coastal design, sloping sites and pre-purchase architectural advice across the Gold Coast.

Send us the address, what you are considering and any information you already have. We can help identify the next useful step.

Send us the address, what you are considering and any information you already have. We can help identify the next useful step.

Architecture shaped by climate, outlook and landscape.

City Plan mapping can identify zoning, building height, dwelling-house, flood, coastal, bushfire, environmental and other considerations. These controls are property-specific, so early advice begins with the address and current planning information rather than a suburb-wide assumption.

City Plan mapping can identify zoning, building height, dwelling-house, flood, coastal, bushfire, environmental and other considerations. These controls are property-specific, so early advice begins with the address and current planning information rather than a suburb-wide assumption.

Good residential design on the Gold Coast balances shade, filtered light, ventilation, privacy and durable materials with the way a home connects to garden, water or terrain. The response changes significantly between an ocean-facing apartment, a canal property, an established coastal street and a hinterland site.

Residential Architect Goldcoast

我们从事住宅、公寓及公共项目的设计。

有些项目始于一块土地。
 

有些始于一栋已有些老旧的房子。也有些始于一个更大的想法——如何让一个地方变得更好、更适合使用。
 

我们的工作,是认真倾听、清晰表达、充分推敲每一个设计想法,并帮助将这些想法一步步转化为真正可以建成的建筑。

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Considering a Gold Coast project?

TURNER+ welcomes enquiries for new homes, major renovations, extensions, coastal design, sloping sites and pre-purchase architectural advice across the Gold Coast.

Send us the address, what you are considering and any information you already have. We can help identify the next useful step.

Send us the address, what you are considering and any information you already have. We can help identify the next useful step.

Architecture shaped by climate, outlook and landscape.

City Plan mapping can identify zoning, building height, dwelling-house, flood, coastal, bushfire, environmental and other considerations. These controls are property-specific, so early advice begins with the address and current planning information rather than a suburb-wide assumption.

City Plan mapping can identify zoning, building height, dwelling-house, flood, coastal, bushfire, environmental and other considerations. These controls are property-specific, so early advice begins with the address and current planning information rather than a suburb-wide assumption.

Good residential design on the Gold Coast balances shade, filtered light, ventilation, privacy and durable materials with the way a home connects to garden, water or terrain. The response changes significantly between an ocean-facing apartment, a canal property, an established coastal street and a hinterland site.

Residential Architect Goldcoast

我们从事住宅、公寓及公共项目的设计。

有些项目始于一块土地。
 

有些始于一栋已有些老旧的房子。也有些始于一个更大的想法——如何让一个地方变得更好、更适合使用。
 

我们的工作,是认真倾听、清晰表达、充分推敲每一个设计想法,并帮助将这些想法一步步转化为真正可以建成的建筑。

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