Project Description

This project involves the extension and remodelling of a traditional 1950s house in Edwalton, Nottingham, transforming it into a contemporary 21st-century family home. A key feature of the redesign is a two-storey monopitch extension to the east elevation, which includes a projecting dressing room window seat and wraps around the existing façade at ground floor level to create a new and clearly defined entrance. The entrance is further emphasised by a lobby wall that extends outward, incorporating a long, narrow planter that guides visitors toward the doorway and draws focus to the main access point.

On the opposite end of the house, a new two-storey bay extension provides additional space for both the existing living room and an upstairs bedroom, balancing the visual mass of the monopitch addition. To the rear, the wrap-around monopitch continues as a single-storey bay, opening onto a south-facing terrace via folding doors and creating a seamless indoor-outdoor connection.

All new additions are finished in white render, clearly distinguishing them from the original structure, which retains its exposed brickwork and tiled pitched roof. Internally, existing rooms have been reconfigured and expanded through the extensions to create a spacious, open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area suited to modern family life.

The project demonstrates how a modest, traditional home can be sensitively transformed through contemporary design interventions, enhancing both functionality and energy performance while giving the property a completely new architectural identity.