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Enlarging and updating a small 2 storey L shaped Victorian terrace, in a conservation area close to Putney High Street.

Why is this special?

4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, double living room plus kitchen dining room – but it still looks like a small 2 storey terrace from the street.

The Challenge

To fit in all of the above without even a full height roof space to use – until we worked what could be extended to align with the neighbours.

Our Solution

Careful 3D planning squeezed in an extra storey floor at the back, moving the back wall backwards added a bathroom in the middle of the plan as well as extra ground floor family spaces. The next step, not easy, was convincing the planners that none of this would show, back or front.

The Results

The whole back elevation is new and insulated to modern standards, but blends in completely. Hands on owners added lovely details like this bookshelf door hiding a study.