Nightingale Marrickville is a collaboration with Fresh Hope Communities and Nightingale Housing. It is the first purpose built, affordable build-to-rent housing project for SJB, Nightingale and Fresh Hope Communities.

Comprising 54 Teilhaus homes and two commercial tenancies at ground, the project provides a build-to-rent community offering that’s affordable at 80 per cent of the going market rate in the area.

Homes at Nightingale Marrickville are allocated through a balloting process that gives everyone a fair chance at becoming a resident. Fifty per cent will be allocated to priority groups, including First Nations Australians, single women over 55, individuals with a disability and key community contributors.

Teilhaus, meaning ‘part of house’ in German, are space efficient, small-footprint homes that maintain functionality through joinery and the addition of community spaces. The project was designed to prioritise sustainability and cost efficiency.

Furniture: All furniture pictured is an assortment of selections from IKEA, HAY, Freedom Furniture, Bunnings and various other affordable commercial furniture suppliers. Many pieces were donated following our photoshoot. Lighting: ANDRO S Gu10 Track Light, Ambience Lighting, Andro Fixed Surface Mounted Spotlight, Ambience Lighting, Kit Mini Recessed Adjustable, Ambience Lighting, Crisp Sconce, Koda Lighting. Finishes: Simply Hamptons, PGH Bricks, Marmoleum Solid, Forbo Flooring Systems, Mosaic Cotto, Surface Gallery, Terrazzo Grigio, Surface Gallery, Casa Blanca Bottle Green Gloss, Color Tile, Olivine Laminate, Laminex, Burnt Ochre Laminate, Laminex, Woodmatt Florentine Walnut, Polytec, Ravine Natural Oak, Polytec, Paperock Tactile – Oyster, Paperock, Sustainable Ecostyle Waterproof – Waterpond, Sustainable Living Fabrics, Sustainable Derwent – Spiced Pumpkin, Sustainable Living Fabrics, Sustainable Persuade – Seduce, Sustainable Living Fabrics, Cuddle Pot, Dulux, Tan Wagon, Dulux, Grapple, Dulux, White Dune, Dulux, Hammer Grey, Dulux, Armada, Dulux, Duralloy Pale Eucalypt, Dulux. Fittings & Fixtures: Par Taps, Reece, Fisher & Paykel, Wilson Fabrics, Securabike, Clipsal, Assa Abloy.

Photography: Tom Roe