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Greycourt stands sandwiched between rows of one- and two-storey Victorian terrace houses, opposite a lush green park that acts effectively as the residents large front garden.
Its Art Deco facade has suffered a couple of make overs in the past, but the building's plain, simple bones are still there.
There is no hint inside the apartment of the period building that serves as its shell.
Originally having three bedrooms that led off a long, dark corridor running along the internal party wall, it is now a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bathroom apartment, and the hallway that links the rooms - sometimes running right through them - has been shifted to the external boundary wall.
The renovation took seven months and has resulted in a streamlined space. Although contemporary in style, the palette of colours and materials is rich, creating a layered and textured interior that cossets the senses. There is a surprising mix of pieces - modern classics sit beside organic handcrafted items, an Art Deco side table is nestled beside a gilt-edged Roccoco-style armchair.
Entry is via a small landing opposite the kitchen. To the right is the living area, with an open fireplace complete with a floating bluestone hearth. Overseeing the living room is a large chalk copy of a painting by Vermeer - an image that Ludlow and his partner fell in love with after staying in a room in NewYork's Paramount Hotel where it was printed onto the leather bedhead. The kitchen, with a long stainless steel and marble island bench, provides the link between the living and dining areas. There, above a wall lined with bookshelves, the ceiling scoops up to a skylight, its sensuous, curved form giving the otherwise quite linear interior a sculptural element that provides both volume and height. What is in essence not an overly large space is thus given a sense of spaciousness and grandeur. On a practical level, the concave curve of the ceiling also allows services such as air conditioning ducts to be accommodated beneath the pitched tiled roof.
A hallway leads from the dining room past the master bedroom and its luxurious ensuite bathroom clad in slabs of Arabascato Callacutta stone. Perched in the pitched roof space above the bed is a compact office, accessed by a timber stair running up one wall of the room.
Continuing along the corridor is another luxurious bathroom, followed by a guest bedroom with a discrete study area. Doors from the bedroom open onto a small, northfacing outdoor terrace that overlooks the garden and bluestone cobbled laneway behind. Sharing the terrace are a few goldfish swimming lazily in a large glazed pot. Somehow these brightly coloured fish slowly circling in the cool water sum up the richness but also ease of the place.
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