To buy a larger house or to re-design the existing? This project was all about enabling my clients to stay in their home and change it so it could work for their family into the future. An exercise in making tricky planning appear seamless. Undoing the existing convolutions and somehow including an extra bedroom and a connection to the back garden.
“Thanks Alison. You’ve been amazing. I can’t believe that we get to live in such a beautiful, thoughtful home.”
The house previously had no direct connection to the back garden so a major part of the re-planning was to achieve this, while also adding an extra bedroom!
The original planning maze has been streamlined with a wet area island with study nook tucked in, large sliding doors faced in timber conceal much needed added storage space. Every millimetre of space is working hard in this new design, but the flow allows it to feel effortless.
A nod to the 1960’s bones of the house in the bathrooms. The client’s brief was “anything but beige!”
The addition of a rear deck, stepping down from the high floor level of the existing house, has created a functional outdoor living space that didn’t exist before, and everyone is enjoying making the most of it.
Photography by Hilary Bradford
“We are still in love with our home.”
