Altering the
diagram of the
terraced house
Having just had their third child, the owners
of Hugo Road asked us to re-think the way
in which the house could work for them:
in particular, how the existing space could
be reconfigured to accommodate a growing
family. They were struggling to cope. They
needed a 4th bedroom and considerably
more storage space. They also needed a home
workspace. The house seemed far too small
and the alternative would have been to sell and
move to a bigger house, invariably in another
neighbourhood; another school district.
The house was almost big enough. It had been
extended once before, gaining bedroom 3 and
an award- winning kitchen extension. The
problem was that it had too many living rooms,
no storage and still not enough bedrooms.
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