A complete refurbishment of a Victorian terrace house, including a ground floor side return extension and a loft extension.

The project involved stripping out the structure from the rear and adding a glazed side extension providing an open plan, kitchen and dining space which flows from the central living area and into the garden, complete with window seat and a vast pivot door.

The internal layout of the ground floor was completely reorganised with the primary living areas focused towards the back of the house with views to the garden and ancillary spaces such as an office and cloakroom located at the front of the house.

Light and views are pulled through the whole of the ground floor from front to back by the use of glazed crittall doors and screens which separate the office and entrance hall at the front of the house from the large open plan living, dining and kitchen area.

The palette of materials is kept simple using monotone black and white which is given warmth from an oak herringbone floor in the original part of the house and then in the new rear side extension the use of a contrasting granite tile laid in a chevron pattern to echo the timber floor, adds interest with it's contrast in colour.

The kitchen continues the monotone theme with black painted cabinets which allow the grain of the wood to show through adding warmth and a white cararra marble worktop, splashback and shelves. Pops of colour are added through furniture and soft furnishings.

Externally, a black stained timber outbuilding houses a shower, living space and sauna at the end of a newly landscaped garden.

The upper storeys of the house have also been fully refurbished, a dramatic frameless skylight sits over the refurbished stairs and provides a double height space up to the new, zinc clad mansard extension. The palette of materials is continued in the loft space with black painted wardrobe doors and a white marble tiled en-suite shower room with black brassware.

Minimally framed, large format glazing provides extensive views from the loft bedroom and the en-suite bathroom also benefits from a frameless skylight over the shower.

The new layout and extensions bring space and light to the house and create a contemporary, bright and open structure from the previously dark and cluttered interior.