Property extension in Amesbury, Wiltshire

If you are looking for excellent property extension services in Amesbury, Wiltshire, get in touch with Sarsen Designs.

Willow End - Extension

Brief: To provide an additional bedroom and living room for a small two-bedroom cottage, whilst

maintaining the feel of this turn-of-the-century, semi-detached property.

Constraints: Narrow site. The design had to be sympathetic to the period detailing on the existing cottage. Client

would not be vacating the property whilst work took place.

Solution: Create a side and rear two-storey extension to alter the existing property just as little as

possible while creating the extra space needed. We even managed to find room for an ensuite to

the new master bedroom. The ridge was kept lower than the original to make the distinction clear

between old and new. We copied details from the original house such as the arches over the new

window and back door and the banding course to mirror the original.

The clients were keen to recycle materials, the existing windows were reused in the new brickwork

and rubble was used as a base for paths. However in the case of the hanging tiles not enough

survived the removal process to make sense, so we helped the client choose a suitable

replacement.

Posi joists with metal struts were used to reduce the amount of timber in the build and to give easy

access for the services to be run through the floors. The external drainpipes were reorganised and

boxed in the corner of the sitting room. A sun tunnel was installed to bring natural light into the now

dark family bathroom. New aluminium bifold doors were chosen to give good access from the

sitting room into the garden.

The client wanted to be very involved in the construction so a detailed schedule was produced so

that he could see when various parts of the project have to be completed to stay on time. That

way he knew when he would have to put in time on the build to keep things on track.