Rear & Basement Extension, London N8

This project was for the transformation of an existing basement through rear and side extensions to this terraced family house in Crouch End, north London. The extension in-filled a little used external side passage and extended the accommodation into the garden, with a minimally framed glass screen and triple sliding doors that serve the main part of the basement, and a large pivot door that terminates the side infill-extension. The opening up of the rear wall to the garden through the replacement of the bay window with the large glass screen, and the removal of the walls between the principal rooms, led to a contemporary, light filled, sociable family kitchen/dining/living room that flows out into the garden and that is ideal for entertaining, an important aspect of the brief.