How Balmain East’s Gothic Revival Rothesay rose from the ruins to be a $15m+ modern masterpiece

News Corp Australia Network

When Malcolm Day and Haitham El-Hassan snapped up the Balmain East 1868 landmark Carpenter Gothic Revival ‘Rothesay’ for $1.6m in 2008, it was in ruins.

Says Day: “The owner had been trying to get DA approval to convert it into three dwellings, but the people…