Challenge
Interested in renovating their semi-detached house, our clients wanted to create space for their growing family – they have two energetic young boys – to enjoy living and relaxing in.
To give them a house they could all love, we faced a complex planning and design challenge. We would need to open up the ground floor kitchen-living-dining area, and add a utility room with a door out onto the garden along with an entirely new level to the house to create comfortable private space for the parents.
When it comes to the loft extension, our clients were opposed to building a second staircase so we would have to extend the original staircase up to the new floor. The planning case officers disagreed with one of the elements of our renovation plan, despite the fact we had strictly adhered to the relevant policies. And we weren’t able to use any of the permitted development rights that often make adding an extension easier.