PORT HOUSES: 17 Nott St, Port Melbourne

23 April 2016

17 Nott St, Port Melbourne

December 2017

At the meeting of 12 December, the Council will decide on the application for a four storey building on this site.

January 2017

Demolition is underway of the former home of Kevin Palmer.

The works proposed are

demolition of the existing dwelling (permit not required
construction of a four storey building comprising car parking, office space and residential dwelling (application 904/2016 lodged 10 10 2016, approval given 17 01 2017)

April 2016

The former home of Kevin Palmer sold on 9 April 2016 for $1.38 million. The property was sold by Frank Callaghan of Frank Gordon.

Kevin Palmer was a legend of Port Melbourne who lived all his life in this house.

This is the last remaining house in the section of Nott Street between Beach and Rouse Streets.

His story came to be seen as a symbol of the great change in Port Melbourne - One house said it all.

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About Port Houses

Port Houses and Port Places are projects by Janet Bolitho.

Port Melbourne has a great diversity of housing from different periods. Port Houses takes an interest in dwellings of all kinds as well as debates about planning in Port Melbourne and environs.

Port Houses attempts to record every house demolished in Port Melbourne and what replaces it. Port Houses also records the vegetation present on a site before demolition, and what replaces it.

More recently, Janet has been documenting development sites in Fishermans Bend and Montague.

Janet was appointed to the Fishermans Bend Development Board in 2018. She is an active member of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society.

She has a Masters in planning from RMIT, a background in history studies and a period from 2004 to 2012 as Sandridge Ward Councillor on the Port Phillip Council. She was Mayor of the City of Port Phillip in 2006 and 2007.