64 Woodstock Avenue, NW11
A contemporary 3 bed Eco house in Golders Green
Planning permission was granted on the first attempt – a benefit of going through the pre-application process.
In order to meet the Code for Sustainable Homes standards for new builds, the house was fitted with solar panels, water recycling, and other Eco-friendly accessories.
Build time: 10 months. June 08 – April 09
Build cost: £180K
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A contemporary terraced building juxtaposed with Victorian 2 up 2 down houses in West Hampstead.
The Camden planning department rebuffed the intentionally ambitious first scheme and finally compromised to give us what we were hoping to achieve. The build was no less complicated, as houses on either side of the land were supported by scaffold poles. Step by step, the poles were removed as the building went up.
Build time: 14 months. Dec 06 – Feb 08
Build cost: £300K
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A contemporary kitchen refurbishment.
This long kitchen diner in Crouch End was not the brightest, nor the most modern. Facing NW, and with only a small window, it was pleading to have its back wall knocked out and 2.6m high bifolding doors fitted.
With light and vista at one end of the room, the layout of the kitchen and dining areas had to be reversed. But this could only be done by removing a large portion of the chimney breast so that units could be built into it.
The finishing touch to brighten up the flat was knocking out the wall to the hall and replacing it with 2.7m high glass double doors. Then the hall brightened up the kitchen, and the kitchen brightened up the hall.
Build time: 6 weeks
Build cost: £30K
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