Four-Bedroom 1950s House Extension Floorplans

When Claire Lunt instantly fell in love with the possibility of renovating a shabby, ex-rental, 1956 detached property, her husband Chris needed a little convincing. Needing space for their growing family, their priorities were an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area, a second shower room and office, all with tough sustainability criteria. Initially, the couple considered putting a two-storey extension onto the back of the house, which benefits from a long garden, but budget constraints and doubts over its necessity resulted in a modern single-storey extension, which provides all the space they craved.

The new addition runs across the back of the four-bedroom house, wrapping around the side to include some space from the garage. Built using sustainably-sourced timber framing and clad in contemporary larch, creating a modern yet sympathetic structure, Claire and Chris stained the cladding themselves.

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A sedum roof was installed, as well as aluminium-framed double glazing, that contribute to the building’s energy efficiency. Internally, the house has been upgraded throughout with low-energy adaptations, such as new windows and doors. Large, thermally efficient windows were chosen to maximise passive solar gains.

The new living areas are light, spacious and packed with character thanks to the couple’s choice of materials and considered pops of colour – all completed for an impressive £180,000.