This renovation and addition to a 1930's timber workers cottage has transformed the lives of the owners. Creating new connections to the existing rear garden has provided a vast living space that perfectly integrates indoor and outdoor spaces.

The original home was built around a central kitchen and living room, both of which had limited natural light and views to outside. We begun by converting the original portion of the home into bedrooms and added a new ensuite to mirror the existing original bathroom at the centre of the home at the point of transition from private to open family spaces.

The addition to the rear encompasses the full width of the site and includes kitchen, dining, living and library spaces in an open plan, light and bright area with strong connections to the rear courtyard and garden.

Across the garden is the original garage and studio.