’80s homes scream for attention, but not this contemporary renovation on the Yarra by Susi Leeton

Houses built in the 1980s often ‘screamed for attention’, a feature of the era’s brash, materialistic tendencies. But a 40-odd-year-old home overlooking inner Melbourne’s Yarra River couldn’t be more at odds with that reputation.

Concealed from the street and enveloped in a lush garden…