Woodlands, Hove

The Project

This large property on a good-sized plot in Hove was largely imbalanced internally and was made up of a mix of added external elements. The client’s brief was to modernise the property throughout and adapting the internal arrangement to suit their family needs.

A two-storey rear extension replaced two former single storey extensions and expressed the clients’ attitude to contemporary living. A small porch structure was added to the front of the property to enhance the prominent chimney feature and to create a more welcoming entrance.

Project Details

Design Challenge

Finding the balance between the traditional nature of the existing building and the modern aesthetic desired by the client for the new additions proved to be a key design challenge. It was important to remain sympathetic of the old but not to allow this to diminish the potential of the project. The front porch was an important part of the design as it allowed us to introduce the contemporary aesthetic early in the journey through the building, indicating something even more modern was still to come.