kings Langley Extension & Renovation Project

Tim and Maria, Kings Langley Extension & Loft Conversion

• Project Year: 2018

• Country: United Kingdom

• Postcode: WD4 8DZ

Tim and Maria have lived in their 4 bedroom detached home in Hertfordshire for over 11 years.  They worked with Model Projects to design an orangery, and to open out the ground floor kitchen and dining area. They also wished to create a loft conversion providing 2 further bedrooms.

Model Projects designed a beautiful orangery style extension to the side of the property, alongside the current dining area. The dining room wall was removed to provide a seamless link from the existing into the new orangery.  A large central skylight forms the focal point of the room, with full width bi-fold doors providing views over the garden to the rear. A hidden light detail was designed around the rooflight edge to form a soft glow in the evenings.

Project Design and Features

The most important aspect of the design brief was to ensure the extension visually tied in with the existing house. Therefore, rendering of the same colour with white rooflight and windows were chosen to ensure consistency.

A new U shaped kitchen was chosen of a cream country style, and cleverly amalgamated with the dining room to provide separate and yet open plan spaces. Each area having a clearly defined purpose.

To the loft floor, two new bedrooms, bathroom and a storage room were created. Model Projects provided two dormers to allow larger more functional bedrooms to be produced.

To access the loft a new staircase was designed that opened out into a large vaulted hallway with upper gallery space. This was topped with a large flat rooflight that helps pull natural daylight into the accommodation below. Another design feature included a series of pendant lights that follow the new staircase. The style of the staircase was matched to that of the existing ground floor staircase. The overall effect gives the impression of grandeur and combines seamlessly with the rest of the house.

Route to Planning

Planning was achieved through a full planning application (householder).