Private Houses

Lavers Road

The original Victorian house was unusual in so far as it had an existing former workshop at ground level and was double fronted above. We divided the workshop to provide a utility area, a single garage and a children’s playroom/study with a mezzanine. Upstairs extra storage was added and the bathroom was re-modeled. A new infill back extension contained a new WC and a glass-roofed area off an extensively re-modeled kitchen. A play in new natural light sources; including roof lights, windows and a glass block wall resulted in a spectacular modern space. We were later asked by the client to add a new bedroom and shower room in the roof. The ceiling to the room at the back of the house was lowered; this provided a bed platform area at the front. The work was completed using a timber framed, highly insulated, breathing-wall construction.