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Bungalow renovation and extension.

A tired 1930s bungalow in an overgrown plot, taken back to the shell and turned into a modern home: brick extension, new roof, new render, new garden.

Before and after

Same house, same spot.

Before: the rendered bungalow with garage doors, mossy roof and an overgrown plot — **Before** Blown render, mossed-over tiles, a garage where the living room is now, and a plot gone to weeds.

After: brick extension with sliding doors onto a patio and lawn — **After** Brick extension, aluminium sliders, porcelain patio and a lawn.

Type: Renovation and extension
Extension: Flat roof, brick, aluminium sliders
Roof: Full re-roof, red pantiles
External: Render, patio, lawn, parking

The bungalow had been empty for a while. The render was blown and cracked, the roof was mossed over, the garage was attached to the house and the plot was waist-high in weeds. The owners wanted a modern open-plan home without losing the character of the original.

We cleared the site, dug footings and built a brick extension across the rear with a flat roof on engineered joists and a steel beam opening the old rooms into one kitchen-living space with sliding doors onto the garden. Inside, the house was stripped to the shell, re-floored, insulated, boarded and skimmed.

The old roof came off completely and was re-covered in red pantiles with new rafters where the extension ties in, rebuilt chimneys and new fascias and guttering. The original render was hacked off and the house re-rendered. Outside we laid the patio and lawn, built the parking area and fenced the plot.

How it was done

From derelict shell to finished home.

One team, one programme, start to finish.

The overgrown plot before clearance — **01 As found** Empty house, blown render, plot overgrown to the windows.

Setting out the extension with a laser level — **02 Setting out** Site cleared and the extension set out off the existing walls.

Extension footings poured — **03 Footings** Trenches dug and poured, drainage connected.

Block walls and joists spanning the new extension — **04 Walls** Cavity walls up and engineered joists spanning the new room.

Steel beam set on padstones — **05 Steel** Beam installed to open the old back rooms into the extension.

Interior stripped to the shell with new joists above — **06 Strip-out** Old ceilings, floors and plaster out, chimney breast removed.

Old roof stripped, new rafters fitted — **07 Roof off** Tiles and felt stripped, new rafters tied in at the extension.

Flat-roof joists with the old roof felted and battened behind — **08 Felt and batten** Main roof re-felted and battened, flat roof decked.

Brick extension walls at full height — **09 Brickwork** Extension bricked up with openings formed for the sliders.

Extension with sliders fitted and the new red roof behind — **10 Re-roof** Red pantiles on, sliders fitted, old render coming off.

The bungalow re-roofed and re-rendered — **11 Render** Whole house re-rendered, new fascias, guttering and windows.

New parking area being compacted, fencing going up — **12 Externals** Parking area, fencing and gates, then patio and lawn.

Gallery

Finished

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