DESIGN & BUILD GUIDE 2018 PLUS Source Book of top suppliers LOOK OF LUXE WOW HOMES IN NAPPY VALLEY SPACE Peak RACE unique Clever storage Why bespoke is now solutions TWO 35 PAGES BECOME OF BASEMENTS ONE DUAL KITCHENS PURPOSE BATHROOMS ROOMS AND LOFTS THE ESSENTIAL INSPIRATIONAL GUIDE FOR YOUR HOME nappyvalleynet.com/homes SPECTACULAR SPACES Transform your house into a home with Simply Construction Group, specialists in the design and build of lofts, extensions and basement conversions. Place your project into our hands and let us create something truly special. London’s Design & Build Specialist TELEPHONE 0800 917 7571 www.simplyextend.co.uk www.simplyloft.co.uk www.simplybasement.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] EXTENSIONS LOFT CONVERSIONS BASEMENT CONVERSIONS NappyValleyNet.com 5 CONTENTS Two years ago we published the very first NappyValleyNet Design & Build Guide. 57 Our aim was to produce an inspiring, yet local guide packed full of insight and knowledge to empower you to create gorgeous living spaces in our wonderful corner of London. And now I find myself writing the introduction to the 2018 guide - something I could only have dreamed of back in 2016! This year’s guide is, yet again, bigger and (I hope you’ll agree) better than previous years. The political slings and arrows may have added to our urge to stay put and improve rather than move as the amount of digging, extending, rebuilding and redesigning has not abated. On the following 120 pages, you will find all the ideas and inspiration to turn these dreams of improvement into your very own reality. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the businesses and individuals who have contributed. Their expertise, advice and support have been invaluable. Finally, thank you to Marsh & Parsons, SIMPLY Portico and Rampton Baseley, who regular Espresso Design followers will recognise as our long term property partners. Their insight and local 85 knowledge has shaped a great number of 4 Best in class homes the following pages. 18 Living in Nappy Valley: As ever, do please let us know how Refreshing the parts we might improve in 2019, and in the meantime, enjoy! 28 Design trends: Do it in style SPECTACULAR Warmest Wishes 36 Dual purpose rooms: When two become one 44 Selling your home: Moving on Founder, 51 Room makeovers: The London Magazine Company Ltd. Improve, don’t move Pixer 97 Bespoke: Like nothing else NappyValleyNet’s Design & Build Guide 2018 is 67 published by The London Magazine Company Ltd. 105 Storage solutions: Making room Company number 9965295 Editor Gillian Upton 110 Financing the refurb: Contributors Georgina Blaskey, Anna White On the money Chief Sub Editor Charlotte Peterson Listings Danique Hayden, Caroline Evans 112 Neighbourly etiquette: Design and artwork eighthouse.co.uk Neighbourly love…or is it? Sales and marketing Clare Sheta 114 Sourcing: Source book of SPACES Publisher Susan Hanage top suppliers While every effort is made to ensure accuracy, The London Magazine Company Ltd. cannot be 130 Resources: Where to find help held responsible for any errors or omissions. and information Printed by Elanders Polska Sp [email protected] SImply Basements Cover photograph courtesy of Chris Dyson Architecture 4 NappyValleyNet.com NappyValleyNet.com 5 LIVING IN NAPPY VALLEY Architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris designed this multi-level apartment with its main social spaces for eating, living and working over half levels on either side of a double height space. Solid oak windows are set into deep reveals and large pre-cast balconies cantilever out from the elevation. Photo courtesy of Rory Gardiner. BEST IN CLASS Homeowners of Nappy Valley are turning their homes into stunning spaces thanks to the architects, interior designers and, in most cases, the planning authorities says Gillian Upton A signature showcase of Minale + Mann’s refined industrial aesthetic, with a steel and glass extension, concrete floors, bespoke steel-framed kitchen and leather strap lighting. Photo courtesy of Graham Atkins-Hughes. NappyValleyNet.com 7 Chris Dyson Architecture completely renovated this early 1900s residence. The existing basement was extended laterally to create a large open-plan family living area over which rises a triple height atrium. Much of the accommodation is structured around this space, home to a dramatic feature staircase. Bedrooms and a generous roof terrace with far-reaching views occupy the top floor. A system of patinated bronze cladding panels and glass was used to distinguish the extension from the original brick structure. Also featured on the cover. Made in Britain, Built to Last www.roundhousedesign.com Clapham | Richmond | Fulham | West End | Guildford | Cheltenham | telephone 020 7471 8834 | [email protected] 8 NappyValleyNet.com Granit Architecture won an International Design HOME REFURBISHMENTS & Architecture Award last year for this new-build semi-detached house with basement and garden room. In a conservation area, bricks were used to mimic How we can help its Victorian and Georgian neighbours. With large open-plan spaces for entertaining, the design includes intimate spaces such as a spa, snug and treatment room. See the staircase to the house on page 11. PROJECT DEFINITION PREPARATION AND PLANNING • Scope of work definition • Budget setting • Regulations and compliance • Architects | Structural engineers | Party wall PROJECT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL • Contractor selection • Project management & budget control • Single point of contact communication • Change and risk management INTERIOR DETAIL DESIGN FLAIR & FINISHES • Interior design and styling • Colours | Fabrics | Furnishings • Home staging – sale or rental • Sourcing and implementation BEAUTIFUL DESIGN INSIDE AND OUT www.clarabee.com | [email protected] | 020 8675 1477 10 NappyValleyNet.com NappyValleyNet.com 11 This curved timber staircase gives warmth, a This cast concrete staircase eclectic tactile finish and access to the first floor of a new- combines highly engineered, Clapham & Dulwich Kitchen Specialist build, two-storey dwelling arranged around three factory-made polished concrete courtyards, designed by 31/44 Architects. with handmade wrought iron balustrades, part of the house designed by Granit Architects (see page 8). Perforated timber treads, risers and balustrade let through light and air in a compact configuration, designed byTsuruta Architects. Engraved email dialogues between client and architect appear on the stair stringer. Photo courtesy of Tim Crocker. Dramatic oak staircase “STAIRCASES HAVE top-lit by the front window, leads upstairs in this East GONE FROM BEING 65 Abbeville Road Dulwich house designed PURELY FUNCTIONAL London SW4 9JW by 31/44 Architects. Photo courtesy of TO BECOMING 020 8673 0572 Rory Gardiner. A FOCAL POINT. www.eclecticinteriors.co.uk FLOATING TREADS, LIGHTING, OR GLAZED BALUSTRADES CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE AND TRANSPARENCY” KITCHENS BEDROOMS BATHROOMS QUALITAS Ensoul NVGuide Advert 2018.qxp_Layout 1 02/02/2018 22:40 Page 1 12 NappyValleyNet.com Desin Practice Architecture Interior Desin Project Mmt. Developments Furniture This futuristic floating kitchen fromHub Kitchens is one of their contemporary Italian designs. Called The Cut, it was designed for Record e Cucine, and costs from £40,000. The semi-matt finish of the units includes an extendable breakfast bar which can also rotate 90 degrees into a dining table, extending as far out as 2m, to make it a practical dining space. The metal ceiling drawers are in matt ice white. Futuristic-looking swimming pool in a Wimbledon villa by Dyer Grimes Architecture. The full-length pool occupies a double-depth basement and has a retractable cover. The tiled wall panels are fitted with LED strips for a dramatic effect. Telephone: 020 3637 0700 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ensoul.co.uk Wandsworth Common, London NappyValleyNet.com 15 Eight split-level apartments form this project by architects Alford Hall Monaghan Morris, each with an open-plan arrangement of living, kitchen and study space, across three levels. It scooped the WAF Future Project Residential award 2016. Photos courtesy of Rory Gardiner. hub KITCHENS www.hubkitchens.com Battersea London | 020 7924 2285 | [email protected] 16 NappyValleyNet.com A bespoke fireplace is part of a refurbishment of a 1950s Dulwich house by RDA Architects. The same architects created the kitchen diner in another Dulwich home, with an island housing a five-burner cooker and glass balustraded stairs running down to a glass door to the garden. A decked, west-facing garden leads to a seating area and log storage at the back of this semi-detached house, designed by Chris Dyson Architecture. 18 NappyValleyNet.com NappyValleyNet.com 19 LIVING IN NAPPY VALLEY “SOUTH-WEST LONDON BOASTS REFRESHING NEW LUXURY NEIGHBOURHOODS ALONGSIDE VALUE THE PARTS POCKETS” Anna White, property writer for The Telegraph, charts the improving south-west London housing market and finds a clutch of new luxury neighbourhoods alongside value pockets Just seven stops on the Northern Line from Bank to Clapham North, south-west London is a traditional stamping ground for young City workers and families whose income is often drawn from the capital’s financial sector. As a result Nappy Valley residents, who live from Fulham down to Wimbledon and across from Clapham to Putney, are acutely aware of both domestic and international political and economic news. The south-west London property market always reflects this sensitivity, but it was Aerial Albert Bridge painted by Mariusz Kaldowski, 81 x 100cm, available from Webbs Gallery, particularly true of 2017. www.webbsfineartgallery.co.uk, 1 Burland Road, SW11 6SA, tel 020 7223 1733 PRICE FALLS IN 2017 He also believes the Trump victory in the US “BOTH BUYERS AND are missing out that mid-range home to Well-documented house price falls in the made his customers nervous. minimise tax,” he says. most expensive enclaves of central London “2017 was the most unpredictable market SELLERS WALKED over the last three years, first triggered by I’ve seen,” says Marsh & Parsons’ Paul Price.