"A warren of small rooms was turned into one huge living, eating and playing space that looks out on to an exotic garden. Harlalka's brief to architect Jo Edwards of Edwards Rensen was to create a sense of spaciousness throughout the property, delivering fewer rooms but more space. One of the attractions of this project was that the clients didn't want to squeeze every bit of space out of it, says Edwards. They just wanted to make a beautiful family house for themselves."
"To this end, instead of building extra rooms into the loft, the ceilings were removed, creating expansive double-height volumes, allowing the bedrooms to soar into their airy apexes. The ceilings of the bedrooms were removed and they now soar into airy apexes. And at the bottom of the house, the basement, which had previously been divided into multiple rooms, became an open-plan live, eat and for their young son play area, dissected by a contemporary steel staircase."
Purvi Harlalka and Jyothish George bought a large, long-neglected HMO in north London attracted by natural light and a garden. Jo Edwards of Edwards Rensen reconfigured the property to prioritize spaciousness, reducing room count and creating expansive double-height volumes by removing loft and bedroom ceilings. The basement was opened into an open-plan living, dining and play area dissected by a contemporary steel staircase, with glass doors connecting to an evergreen garden. A sleek kitchen runs along one side, while full-height cupboards vary in depth to conceal uneven historic walls and maximise storage.
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