First look at completed Highbury house extension
January 10th, 2010 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
We’ve recently completed the refurbishment of a Victorian house in Highbury, London.
Removing a substantial part of the rear of the house allowed us to create a large living room with unbroken views out to the rear garden. A dramatic, full-height storage wall, clad in zebrano timber veneer, runs the entire length of the party wall, [...]
Windows installed at Highbury house extension
June 3rd, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
Our extension to a house in Higbury is now watertight now that the Velfac windows have been installed to the rear elevation. The extension is slightly angled to take advantage of a south-facing aspect, and includes a full-height sliding door and side-hung door to the right which allows a large area of the rear to [...]
Highbury House Extension is Build-It Magazine’s “Design of the Month”
March 6th, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
Build-It magazine have named our Highbury House extension as their “Design of the Month” in the March 2009 edition of their magazine.
Site Progress, Highbury House Extension
March 1st, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)This week the steelwork was installed in our second project in Highbury.
The new steelwork allows the small rear living room to be completely opened up, with nearly all of the existing brickwork at ground floor level being removed. The installation of the steelwork has been complicated by the fact that it has not been possible [...]
Work begins on second Highbury house extension
February 2nd, 2009 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
Work has begun on our second house extension in Highbury, very close to the project which finished on site in 2008.
This project involves the construction of a new rear extension and the extension refurbishment of the ground floor of the house. A continuous storage wall, finished in timber veneer, will run the entire length of [...]
Highbury house extension starts on site
January 21st, 2008 by Russell Curtis (russellcurtis)
Work has begun on the extension to this Victorian townhouse in north London.
The scheme involves dropping the rear half of the existing lounge by 600mm, level with the kitchen at the rear, and the installation of a new kitchen along the party wall, the worktop of which extends into the rear garden to form a [...]