Love a "studio" above a garage.
Increasing space in the municipality with small projects like this one will assist in North Sydney achieving the state government mandate to have addition accommodation for 15,000 people in the coming years (failure to do so with undoubtedly see an LNP government reduce grants to North Sydney).
The alternative to these small, individual increases in additional accommodation are the development of inappropriate, ugly 15 - 20+ apartment buildings similar to those polluting the Pacific Hwy and other areas in the municipality. St Leonards has surrendered to this trend, Lane Cove is being forced to do the same; Crows Nest is going. The rest of North Sydney must make a stand by encouraging small individual developments such as the one at 21 West Street, IF they are sympathic to the surrounding homes and do not adversely impact the amenity of area and local neighbours