Croxted Road X2
We were appointed to deliver the renovations and extensions of two garden flats, side by side.
This project called for a sense check of the objectives of the design including new drainage, screw pile structure, cost planning, choosing and appointing a contractor, value engineering and interiors finishing advice so that sharp and careful detailing was ensured to budget and with coherent vision.
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A simple garden room is added to each flat to provide the original flats with both much needed living space and an extra bedroom each. The threshold between the original house and what is now a grand kitchen space in both cases are a set of steps down to the new open-plan kitchen, living and dining at garden level. Meanwhile, in both cases the works provide a fresh new spaces within the original house.
The work included consultation on the selection and specification of finishes and fittings while our client carefully chose the elements of what is a fresh and bold new chapter for the two flats. Large glazed sliding doors to the garden celebrate the views which are dramatic woodland scenes stretching far beyond, yet becoming very much the essence of the interiors.
The two flats have two distinct approaches to finishes and fittings specification, yet both achieve calm, tranquility and a simple, yet efficient arrangement that gives the interiors both a sheltering warmth, along with the magical atmosphere of what feels like a secret garden beyond.
The beauty of this project lies in its understated simplicity. Minimal details, a muted palette and a sense of immersion in nature come together to create spaces that work hard behind the scenes, yet feel entirely effortless, calm and restorative.
Design, Budget Assistance, Site works, Building Control Certification and Contract Administration — LeilaDunnning Projects
Structural Engineer — Public House
Building Control — Stroma Building Control
Main Contractor — Evigol
Kitchen — West and Reid
Specialist Rooflight — LGR Glazing
Photographer — Simon Kennedy