What homes here are like
Parkhurst is one of the busiest renovation pockets in the Parks belt — small-stand cottages bought and heavily extended, with the famous 4th Avenue café strip setting the tone for indoor-outdoor living close to home. Most extensions open the back of the house onto a compact but well-used patio or courtyard, built specifically for entertaining rather than just a lawn to look at.
What suits these homes
That patio culture makes folding-arm awnings the standout product here — shade on demand over a small footprint, retracting for winter sun without a permanent roof eating the courtyard. Inside, the new open-plan glass usually needs sunscreen or blockout rollers depending on the room, and where the extension has stacked several linked blinds across one wide opening, motorising the run beats reaching for six separate chains.