150 Smith Street Summer Hill NSW 2130

This development is totally inappropriate for this location in Summer Hill. Four stories is too high and is not in tune with the street scape and character of the village environment. There will not be enough parking for 30 dwellings and this will overflow on to the surrounding streets which are narrow and already congested. It will be a travesty if this goes ahead.

This proposal is a beautiful addition to the streetscape while providing much needed housing.

It should be approved as quickly as possible.

Looks pretty good. More housing near available transit allows more people to catch the train and ditch the car. Very much in favour of this.

I support this proposal, it looks like a clean modern design that will provide some proper housing. It would be great if more of these get approved to set a precedence so the neighbouring cold, mould infested heritage buildings can one day follow suite. Need a lot more quality housing with modern standards, like this proposal, to replace the terrible existing stock.

This would be a lovely addition to Summer Hill, especially around the train station. The Inner West really needs to have more transport oriented development and this is a great start.

This is a great development for Summer Hill, what a lovely place to live. Walking distance to trains, IGA and coffee shops - what more could you ask for? We really need to add more density around the Inner West, as there's plenty of transport and people want to live here. This is a good start.

Totally inappropriate and massively ugly. the ugly bit is the worst. It's next to a heritage listed Post Office. It will not provide low cost housing at all. This should be rejected. The owners sold the PO and now want to cash in.

This proposal looks great, and should be supported.

Some things worth looking at:

1. There’s no good reason to require the upper levels to be setback. It’s on the south side of the street and having more windows directly abutting the street would improve passive surveillance without causing issues for anyone except those who experience megalophobia (fear of large buildings). Upper level setbacks also cause waterproofing, construction and thermal efficiency issues due to the additional seams and surface area.
2. The interface with the street would be better if a basement carpark and accompanying garage door were not required. Studies show the vast, vast majority of co-living and boarding house residents don't have a car so council's guideline of 0.5 spaces per dwelling is over the top. This site is in close proximity to trains, schools, childcares, light rail, buses, full size supermarket, doctors, and countless other amenities.

This looks like a sensitive addition to the HCA, it provides a modern design in dialogue with other buildings on this strip, as compared to the current building which is frankly an eyesore.

Looks quite pretty next to the old post office building, fits in well with the style of the street (not that it should matter). I looked at moving to Summer Hill but there were...two?...places there within my price range and both got snapped up before I could inspect them. More housing is good!

It looks like this development will provide much-needed housing near a station, green space and shops.

Visually, it would make more sense for the top floor to be in line with the rest of the front of the building (and I understand this is better for thermal efficiency and structural integrity). That said, there is a case for open space on the roof, as our cities are getting hotter.

I'm certainly not going to oppose housing 30 people for these reasons — this proposal should be supported.

This proposal is great, adding desperately needed housing in a mindful manner to an area with great amenities, I strongly support it.

The people saying it's inappropriately sized have not considered the existing surroundings which it's in proportion to. Further, the aesthetic improvement this gives with it's tasteful brick facade will be welcome, compared to the existing dilapidated structure.

I live in Summer Hill and love it but am facing being priced out if I ever have a family. The reality is its really hard to build new housing in this amazing area. It would be unjust to block such a rare and small scale development.

Such a fantastic addition so near the train station! This development will provide homes for so many people in such a wonderful area, allowing folks to ditch the car and make use of our wonderful public transport system and get to live and grow within the community. 4 storeys is very modest in height, if anything taller would be better near such critical public transport links, but it's a good start for providing more homes for Sydney families.

My concerns about this development are around the quality of the amenities with the rooms being listed as double but are about the size of of a small motel room with a hot plate and bathroom. This seems to be a very mean response to the need for affordable "housing" where people are housed but not homed. There is very little privacy and the shared areas show seating for maybe 10 people but there are 40 rooms. There is also a history of these sorts of housing developments saying they are affordable but the rents are still considerably more than anyone on a welfare or disability income could afford. Will they just be populated by overseas students?