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Rear & Side Extension // Guildford

Rear and Side Extension

Guildford

Making the Forever Home

Nicky and Chris bought this large detached house in Guildford as their Forever Home. While it had loads of space, the configuration wasn’t working for Nicky and Chris, and how they wanted to live in the house with their children.

The ground floor was divided up into lots of long rooms which were disconnected from each other and the garden. Nicky loves the sun and really wanted a better connection to the garden and opportunities for outdoor / indoor living.

The show stopper

Chris and Nicky had a list of spaces they wanted their home to provide for them.

  • A kitchen / living / dining space, where the whole family can be together and entertain guests

  • A playroom for the children, to keep their toys out of the main living spaces

  • A south facing study for Nicky

  • A north facing study for Chris (who doesn’t like the sun as much as Nicky!)

We worked on a few different concept layouts - some using the existing footprint and some with a small extension. We settled on a layout with a small extension, which enabled us to open up the back corner of the house and create a large show stopping kitchen / dining / living space, with big corner sliding doors out to the garden.

The new kitchen runs along one side of the main living space, with a huge 4m long island, and a window seat.

There is also a separate pantry, just off the kitchen, which provides lots of food storage and the perfect place to keep all the worktop appliances. A special nook in the kitchen houses a wine fridge and a glazed bar cabinet.

Phase 1 Complete

With the ground floor of the house totally transformed, Phase 1 of creating the Forever Home is now complete.

The spacious open plan kitchen allows plenty of space for entertaining and for the whole family to be together. In the summer, the sliding doors can be slid open and the room grows out to the garden. In the winter months, there is now the playroom and cosy front living room for the family to enjoy as well.

Phase 2, and works to the upstairs, coming later this year! To be continued…

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