A young, entrepreneurial family knew immediately this Walthamstow Village end-of-terrace was theirs to keep - a house originally built for local workers following the arrival of the Great Eastern Railway, and the neighbourhood's rapid urban bloom.
Too small for the growing family, the ask was more light, more living space, an additional shower room and a connection to the garden, while honouring the period features that made them fall for it in the first place.
A wrap-around extension opened the back of the house entirely: generous kitchen-diner, open-plan living, and a horseshoe kitchen facing the garden. Hidden pocket doors effortlessly mark the passage between old and new, concealing hidden storage. Birch ply and oak flooring soften a clean contemporary palette. To the front, original features were restored, not replaced. Outside, London stock brick, jet-black off-pivot metalwork and a cantilevered concrete window seat sit quietly beneath a zinc roof, enhancing the connection to the garden.
Greg helped us design a space exactly suited to us yet architecturally unique, different to every other Victorian terrace layout. Two years on, it just keeps getting better.
Client: Private
Location: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Status: Completed October 2021
Project Scope/Services:Feasibility study, Outline Design, Obtain Planning Consent in a Conservation Area, Obtaining Building Control Approval, Manage Tender Detail Design, Construction Drawings & Specifications, Site Attendance During Construction, Contract Administration, Manage Defect Period
Photography: Carlos Dominguez