the plan and would be accessible from the sitting room on one side and the dinin area on the other


his new laout also meant that the dinin space and a small study nook were pushed into the new extension and towards the bac arden, where a ba window space was created for the dinin table to sit in he briefin process was challenin as it forced us to decide what we wanted in detail, sas aren oweer, we thouht wed hae to extend sinificantl into the arden to connect the house with the reener, but oader onteith saw an opportunit to reconfiure the round oor, resultin in a much smaller extension of ust  suare metres his was a better use of space, saed on construction costs and preented us encroachin on the arden too much Aside from iin the famil a home that wored and owed


better, oader onteith were also chared with modernisin the home as proect architect, ain in recalls t was a s


cottae and an oriinal cottae in the true sense of the word, certainl not thermall efficient the clients reall needed a more contemporar ersion n this respect, simpl addin an extension was not oin to sole their particular problems As part of the brief, the clients wanted a new, more efficient heatin sstem but to do that we had to improe the entire propert and the fabric of the buildin, sas ain


he decision was made to install a renewable heatin sstem with an air source heat pump and underoor heatin throuhout the round oor ew insulation was fitted, and the glazing was upgraded to a standard that would work with the new heatin sstem he clients were able to obtain an interest free loan for renewable energy and that made it feasible to opt for a renewable sstem, sas ain he clients did encounter a few obections because of the conseration status but the were een to reduce their heatin bills and


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