We’re delighted a project in north London, which has been with us for over 8 years, is very close to completion.

This project, for a new family home in north London, came to us after a failed planning application. The local planning authority have proved very difficult to work with, but after much persistence, we were able to secure planning consent for a replacement house on the site of an existing bungalow. There were many compromises along the way, as the client had wanted a very modern family home, but eventually, we settled on a house of two halves. A traditional approach to the roadside, and a contemporary rear garden facing elevation.

The house is timber framed, with brick and zinc cladding. The rear kitchen/living area features large sliding aluminium doors opening to the rear garden. A large roof light over the rear single-storey element floods the space with light.

The whole house is heated with underfloor heating supplied from an air source heat pump placed on the rear flat roof. The house also uses a mechanical ventilation with heat recovery system (MVHR) to ensure fresh air to all rooms and which also recovers the majority of heat which would ordinarily be lost through extractor fans and trickle vents in windows. This makes for a low energy home with surpasses the current UK thermal regulations.

It’s such a nice example of where traditional can meet modern.