Southampton Edwardian house extension, Hampshire Village Property, English Building Photos
Edwardian house extension in Hampshire Village
13 Nov 2020
Edwardian house in a rural village near Southampton
Design: BBD Architects
Location: near Southampton, Hampshire, Southern England, UK
Before the remodelling work:

Edwardian house in a rural village near Southampton
This £500k contemporary rear extension to an Edwardian house is located in a rural village near Southampton. Unusually, this is a project less about adding reams of extra space and more about how good design can transform a home ? as the images below exemplify.

This family home already had two rear extensions, but they were so poorly thought out they created more problems than they solved. As architect Verity Lovelock, of BBD Architects, puts it: ?I think one of the biggest challenges for clients with a project like this is investing a lot of money when you?re not adding enormously to the square footage or adding another bedroom; it might seem like there is no value to what you?re doing. But when you have existing extensions that are so ill-conceived and ugly, it actually diminishes the value of the house, and it certainly impacts your experience of living there.

?While on paper we took away a kitchen-diner and master bedroom and replaced them; in reality, this project has transformed this family home.?
Work involved knocking down the existing extensions and adding a new contemporary ?box? extension clad in ce...