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Rear of the finished house in brick, with a glazed bay, a loft extension above and sliding doors across the ground floor

Littleheath

A whole house done at once: the back opened up and extended, the side built out, and the loft converted on top. Steel first, then every room after it.

The ground floor was opened right up at the back, so the steel had to go in before anything else could happen. Once that was carrying the new floors, the rest of the structure followed, including the side extension and the loft conversion above.

Inside, it was second fix throughout. The brick was kept and shown off rather than plastered over, the floors are herringbone, and the kitchen sits under rooflights with sliding doors straight onto the garden.

In progress

How it was built

Photographs from the job itself. The finished rooms are further down, but this is the part that decides whether they line up.

  1. Rear of the house stripped back before the extension, with the ground floor opened up01

    Where it started. The back of the house stripped right back.

  2. Scaffold up the rear of the house with new steel across the ground floor opening02

    Scaffold up the back and the first steel across the opening.

  3. Steel frame and new floor going in across the ground floor of the extension03

    Steel and floor structure going in across the ground floor.

  4. Looking through the steel frame to the garden before the rear wall was built04

    Looking out through the frame, before the rear wall went up.

  5. New steel beams and floor joists over the extension seen from inside05

    New steel and joists overhead, carrying the floors above.

Finished

  • Finished open plan kitchen and living space with rooflights and sliding doors to the garden
    The finished space, rooflights above and sliding doors onto the garden.
  • Dark kitchen island with pendant lights, exposed brick wall and herringbone floor
    Island, pendants and an exposed brick wall over the herringbone floor.
  • Kitchen island and hob with sliding doors to the garden behind
    The island from the other end, garden doors behind.
  • Exposed brick wall with lit panelling and herringbone floor
    Brick left exposed, with panelling and lighting set along the wall.
  • Hallway with wall panelling, herringbone floor and a staircase
    The hallway, panelled and floored in herringbone.
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