Southgate House Extension

Southgate House Extension

• Project Year: 2015

• Country: United Kingdom

Eleni, Andreas and their young family live in their 4 bedroom Victorian terraced property in North London. They engaged Model Projects to design a modern, open plan kitchen and dining area for the whole family to enjoy.

The design brief was to design a side to rear extension, to create a large open plan kitchen, dining and family snug area. The principle of the design was to be sensitive to the original character of the property and yet provide  a modern and light internal space. To achieve this the Model Projects design team proposed a London stock yellow brickwork wall, flat roof and simple stone parapet detail.

To draw natural light into the space the design allowed for a large, two panel, full height, sliding door to the rear, with a large pitched roof down the side of the extension. An LED strip light shadow gap detail was proposed around the rooflight. This gives the rooflight a gentle glow during the dark evenings.

Key Design Features

As you enter the house through the front door the traditional staircase and hallway remain, with the front room maintaining its period features.

A rear side extension was built beyond the dining room to create a large open plan kitchen, dining and living area. The kitchen was simply decorated with satin handleless grey cupboards and white worktops.  A large island housing a sink and seating for four people provided a natural division from the dining and living areas behind.

The large roof lights frame the dining table, providing a warm and light place to enjoy meals. Large rear sliding doors provided a seamless view from the inside to the patio and rear garden beyond.

Route to Planning

Model Projects decided to utilise the property’s Permitted Development Rights, and due to the depth of the extension being over 3 meters a prior notification was required.

Following this the application for planning was submitted through a Certificate of Lawfulness for the rear extension. Permission for the ground floor, single storey rear extension was gained under Class A - enlargement, improvement or alteration under the property’s Permitted Development.