Edwardian House Renovation with Extension

Project Overview

This detached Edwardian property on Auckland Road had been owned by the same family for over fifty years and hadn’t been significantly updated since the 1970s. The new owners saw past the avocado bathroom suite and textured wallpaper and recognised a house with excellent bones: original fireplaces in every room, high ceilings with intact cornicing, and generous proportions throughout.

The renovation was comprehensive. We rewired the entire house, replaced the central heating system with a new condensing boiler and all-new radiators (oversized cast-iron style to suit the period), re-plumbed the bathrooms and kitchen in copper, and replastered throughout in a lime-based plaster appropriate for the solid-wall construction. At the rear, we added a 3.5m extension to enlarge the kitchen, which now opens onto the garden through a set of timber bi-fold doors.

Every original feature was assessed and, where possible, restored. The hallway’s geometric Minton floor tiles were lifted, cleaned, and re-laid on a new screed. Four marble fireplace surrounds were stripped, repaired, and re-installed with new gas fire inserts. The original sash windows throughout were draught-proofed and refurbished with new sash cords, rather than replaced with uPVC. Even the garden wall, which was crumbling in several places, was rebuilt in matching London stock brick.