Our Clients had recently returned to London after living in the country and were looking for a new London home which could also accommodate their sizeable art collection. They purchased this 4 storey Victorian terraced house with existing basement and loft accommodation. The property had been left unmodernised for over 40 years and was generally in a poor condition. The house lies within a conservation area and as it had been largely untouched, the front of the property was refurbished with minimal intervention as per the wishes of the local authority.

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Snell David’s brief was to transform the internal spaces to provide new bathrooms and improved bedrooms, which had previously been dark and pokey. In addition a large kitchen / breakfast room was to be created within the lower basement.

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A series of options were developed, working closely with the Client to create the spaces they wanted for a London family home. The internal layouts were completely re-planned and large openings were introduced into the rear of the house to take full advantage of the Southern aspect. A double height box frame was inserted to allow the rear of the house to be fully opened up to take full advantage of the southern aspect of the garden. A dramatic 4 meter square vertical sliding sash window was installed and this was set against a double height space connecting the living spaces on ground and lower ground floors.

The compact garden was landscaped to provide a sunny paved seating area with climbers planted against the feature window to develop a natural sun shade.

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Snell David's positive design led approach received an Award in the Wandsworth Design Awards 2013.