Above are the finished shots plus a pre-completion external shots from the construction of a rear extension to a home in Lichfield in Staffordshire. Designed by ourselves at Blair Gratton Architects, the project commenced on site in late 2022 and was completed in the first half of this year.
The Clients employed us as their Architect in order to administer the building contract with their chosen contractor. This provides independent professional input at all stages of the project, rather than a direct relationship. It also ensures that the quality of the build is upheld and prevents shortcuts from being made during the process.
The job of us as Architects is to problem solve, maintain quality, confirm payment values, and issue instructions.
We have taken it through all RIBA Stages of Work: from survey, through to the planning process and achieving approval, followed by building regulations approval.
The existing lounge and kitchen sit at the back of the house. The rear extension links both – with the removal of the rear wall of the house on the ground floor through use of structural steelwork – to create a large open-plan kitchen-dining-living space. Alterations to the position of walls and internal WC improve the flow of the ground floor.
The couple have their minds on interior design and the high ceiling in the new extension allows for a feature light fitting and that extra breathing space that a tall ceiling caters for.
A new sliding-folding aluminium door-set and wide aluminium window to the rear garden are complimented by the 2 large lantern lights above: natural light is brought into the room in abundance.
See our previous update with photographs during construction here.