The Thames Ditton House

After buying their beautiful family home, our clients tasked us developing a design that not only catered to their unique taste and style but also was granted planning permission in a contentious conservation area. Internally we were tasked with creating a beautiful but highly functional ground floor layout, adding an additional ensuite bedroom and fully refurbishing the property throughout.

After many planning rejections in the local area particularly many similar nearby properties failing to achieve planning permissions for loft conversions due to conservation area concerns, we designed a clever and unique traditional style lead clad double dormer which appeased the planners and gained the space required in the loft to add the additional ensuite bedroom. Many of the nearby properties have since copied this design style to build their own roof extensions. The form of the loft extension was reflected in the ground floor design, where a double pitched design was utilised which created wonderfully tall vaulted ceilings in the open plan space.

For the side and rear extension white painted brick was chosen to sit back with the existing white render of the house and create a smooth visual transition from the existing house to the garden.

A high level picture window was added into the side extension for another source of light and to frame a view of the surrounding trees without compromising privacy.

Internally, the new open plan area was designed to include exposed structure, which was painted white throughout to create a neutral backdrop to features such as the bespoke brass wrapped kitchen island and oversized mirror reflecting the garden through the Crittall style garden doors.

The lighting design in the extension was also carefully considered to be both beautiful and functional as well as casting interesting shadow patterns across the exposed joist ceiling.

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“We have worked with PLOT on renovating and extending our Edwardian family home in Surrey for the past 18 months. Oliver and Mollie have been hands-on, professional, patient and creative at all times - all the way through, from the planning and design, through to construction and finish. We have worked in partnership - they have listened to us, steered us, and delivered. They have such enthusiasm for architecture and design. They work round-the-clock to achieve the best finish, often for bespoke detailing, and to keep their client's costs down. We cannot recommend them highly enough. When we take on another project in a few years' time, we plan to instruct them again. Our home has been transformed and we have gained some friends along the way!”

Claire & Matt

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