South London Terrace House Renovation

South London terrace House Whole House Renovation

• Project Year: 2015

• Country: United Kingdom

• Postcode: South London

Amelia and Edmund live in a 4 bedroom, mid terrace house in South West London.  Their main priority was to redesign their home to improve the layout of the house for their growing family and to create a new kitchen and bathroom. 
Although Amelia and Edmund did not extend the property they wanted to create a more practical home for themselves by utilising the space in a different way.

The design that Model Projects provided allowed for a new utility and shower room to be created on the lower ground floor. By reducing the size of the front lower ground floor bedroom we were able to provide a larger and practical space which accommodated both the shower and utility room. The utility room was carefully designed by providing a space to hide away appliances.
 

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Key Design Features

The ground floor originally contained a kitchen to the rear and dining room to the front. In order to provide Amelia and Edmund with a modern and larger space, Model Projects decided to switch the two rooms. The space was opened up to provide a larger kitchen and cosier dining space.   A shaker style kitchen was chosen, with navy units and white marble effect worktops, white butler sink and gold style accessories to match. The design gave the kitchen a traditional and yet modern feel. The layout was designed as a “U-shape” with island in the middle, to allow for optimum space during cooking and preparing of meals.

Amelia and Edmund wished to create a larger family bathroom. Model Projects decided upon the removal of the existing airing cupboard and utilising space from the hallway, thus providing a space double to that of the existing bathroom.  A traditional bathroom was created, with bath, shower, hand basin and toilet.  Black and white square tiles were chosen for the floor and large white tiles fitted on the walls.  The bathroom is now a stylish, large and modern addition to the house.

The windows to the property were replaced and upgraded with modern sash windows, in keeping with the Victorian era.
 

Route to Planning

Due to the works being solely internal alteration a planning application was not necessary for this project.