Couple revive bungalow with double-height glazed extension
Having spent many summers within the charming Suffolk seaside city of Aldeburgh, Jo and Richard Caseby determined the household would finally prefer to reside there on a extra everlasting foundation, however for this to occur they would want to upsize from their 8ft extensive, three-storey vacation hut.
“Exhausting although it was to promote our beachfront place, we discovered a Nineteen Sixties bungalow only a few hundred yards farther from the ocean,” says Jo. “We purchased it as a result of it was utterly smart and effectively laid out.”
Having bought it again in 2015, Jo had no intention of extending it. “It was a giant funding for us so we wouldn’t have had the cash anyway,” she says. “However the home by no means made my coronary heart sing – having been used to our previous hut that confronted the ocean, this didn’t have the identical really feel as a result of the primary outlook was inland to the west – it felt like the entire constructing wanted shifting spherical.”
Mission particulars
- Location Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Mission Extension and renovation
- Home kind Bungalow
- Construct methodology Timber body development
- Measurement of home 140 sq m
- Architects Mole Architects
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Thrilling plans
After 5 years dwelling within the bungalow, Jo started contemplating how they may endow it with extra space and character, and he or she had an architect in thoughts. She had seen a few native initiatives by Mole Architects that have been very distinctive, however had assumed that they’d be out of her worth bracket.
She additionally thought a primary bungalow renovation wouldn’t be of curiosity to a prime architect, which was partly true. “Once I met Meredith Bowles from Mole, he stated that merely ‘doing up’ a bungalow wasn’t his factor, however that an extension on the aspect may very well be an thrilling venture for all concerned,” says Jo.
“Whereas we thought-about the concept of a full demolition and rebuild, we realised that a lot of the prevailing home continued to satisfy the household’s wants,” says Meredith.
“So we proposed a delicate renovation and modern bungalow extension that retains an analogous footprint, whereas unlocking the complete potential of the coastal plot. Beforehand, the structure positioned major dwelling areas to the south, the place mature bushes restricted daylight and restricted the outward views, and a big storage occupied the extra open northern finish of the location.”
Subsequently, plans have been drawn as much as exchange the storage with a timber-framed extension, projecting into the backyard to create a light-filled, open-plan dwelling house. The expansive glazing would open up lengthy views – south to the woodland edge and east to the ocean and sky – enhancing the house’s connection to its fantastic environment.
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As a result of the main target of the home was now on the top the place the garages used to face, it was solely logical that the remainder of the home be reconfigured and renovated accordingly.
“The brand new extension housed the kitchen/eating/lounge, and the previous kitchen, which by no means actually labored, grew to become a way more profitable foremost bed room and en suite,” says Jo. “By cleverly rearranging the bungalow, Meredith additionally gave us one other bed room in addition to a utility room.”
As a result of the extension construct was such a giant funding financially, financial savings needed to be made in different areas. “I purchased the kitchen on eBay, which saved me 1000’s of kilos – cash that we felt was higher spent on the material of the construct,” says Jo. “My mind-set is that when you attempt to save cash on the unsuitable issues, you possibly can lose the imaginative and prescient.”
And fortuitously, that imaginative and prescient was unimpeded by any planning permission points. Though the extension is double top, in a district that Jo affectionately describes as ‘bungalowland’, there have been no objections from neighbours. “In addition to, it’s fairly laborious to make a bungalow look any worse, and Meredith’s design – radical although it’s – is clearly a factor of magnificence,” she says.
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Contact of renaissance
As soon as constructed, the extension proved a revelation to the household, and aesthetically it surpassed all expectations.
“It’s fairly a protracted, skinny room and we’d all the time had this imaginative and prescient of it being a contemporary tackle an Elizabethan gallery,” says Jo. “The look was partly impressed by our massive oak desk that we felt ought to take pleasure of place on the glazed finish of the room. I really like wooden, and the timber beams and rafters present actual character and a sense of heat, with a wealthy color that continues to deepen with time.”
One other uncommon function of this high-ceilinged house is the triangular rooflight and angled column that separates the primary eating and kitchen areas from the elevated dwelling house past.
Proving that conventional and modern can sit aspect by aspect, the prime spot on this extension is a kitchen that’s neatly set into a cool aubergine-coloured alcove.
And sitting solidly on the endgrain woodblock ground is a placing kitchen island concept shaped by a block of marble, whose color and sample Jo likens to a seascape portray by native artist Maggi Hambling.
“This county is famend for its artists, with high quality of sunshine being an element, and I really feel that right here we’ve captured the essence of Suffolk – the sunshine, the ocean, the house and sense of freedom.”
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Bungalow facelift
Doing a renovation alongside the construct gave the architects the chance to improve the unique constructing and Meredith’s retrofit technique targeted on bettering the thermal efficiency of the prevailing construction.
Upgrades included high-performance double-glazed home windows and enhanced loft insulation. The brand new extension exceeds present Constructing Laws by over 30% in thermal effectivity, reflecting Mole Architects’ continued dedication to low-energy, sustainable design.
One other transformative change to the bungalow was to clad it in Siberian larch, which not solely had the impact of unifying it with the extension however gave it a recent, up to date look.
“This and all the opposite modifications have reworked our lives,” says Jo. “Beforehand this was an occasional vacation dwelling for ourselves and the children however we now spend more often than not right here.”
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