In its former configuration this 2-storey 1930s property was typical of its type, with a layout easily adaptable to modern family living.

In need of refurbishment but with both a loft conversion and outbuilding already in-situ, it was the obvious potential that first attracted the client and his partner to the property.

The clients initial brief was effectively to rip out the ground floor. To eradicate the awkward room arrangements and create an open plan ground floor for living, dining and cooking. To reconfigure the rear elevation to provide a connection with the previously disconnected garden. And enhance the link to a new home office space within the disused outbuilding - complete with a solar panelled roof which feeds a smart battery installed and utilised within the main house. To the upper levels, the first floor would be used for the client’s children and the second floor loft conversion would accommodate a master bedroom with ensuite bathroom.

Neutral materials and colours were purposefully chosen throughout to form the fabric of the building, such as cork floor tiles, engineered timber floor boards and birch ply joinery, providing neutrality but warmth to the internal spaces.  Concrete floor tiles, zinc yellow kitchen door fronts and an anthracite grey staircase, emphasise key elements. This consistent palette links both different levels and different functions of the house, creating connecting ribbons and visual references.