Stonehill Road, W13

The properties in Stonehill Road are for the most part large, detached early nineteenth century houses. However, a disadvantage of the houses as they were laid out is that they have small kitchens, sometimes with breakfast room and often with scullery and pantry rooms often housed in outbuildings, that were designed for a different way of living. There was no connection with the rear garden, although a side door opened up onto a passage from the front of the house to allow for deliveries and other domestic functions.

Our Client's property was typical and unaltered in this arrangement, which was totally unsuited for her modern way of life, and "open house" type of entertaining. The original proposal for removing all the outbuildings and replacing them with a large open plan kitchen/dining room was at first seen as being too radical and expensive.

However, our Client soon realised the benefits which the scheme would give her. This coupled with