Roof Extension

Putney

When the clients bought their house, they fell in love with its contemporary design and private backland location. However, it only had two bedrooms. As their family grew from two to four, they needed more space, but didn’t want to leave their home. So, we investigated options for adding extra floorspace to transform their house to meet their needs.

The chosen scheme involved adding an additional storey - the original house was only single storey - to the whole house.

We carefully designed the roof extension to blend seamlessly into the existing house, blurring the boundary between old and new.

With the addition of the first floor, the whole ground floor is now used as living space, with enough room for the whole family.

There is an open plan kitchen and dining space, with a custom kitchen design from Bulthaup, a large living room, and a guest room / study.

We’ve designed bespoke joinery throughout the house to provide storage wherever possible. There are bookshelves to the living room, a linen cupboard to the first floor landing and built in wardrobes to all of the bedrooms.

We designed a custom-built staircase for the extension. The lower half of the stair is enclosed, to hide a storage cupboard. The upper half has open treads to allow light from a large strip window to enter the ground floor hallway.

At first floor there is a spacious hallway which separates the the two wings of the house, while also allowing for a home office. In one wing, there is a dual aspect master suite, complete with ensuite and dressing room. The other wing houses a family bathroom and the two children’s bedrooms.