Befores Buckwell | Elevate Build

Best house on the street?

Even if we do say so ourselves this could not have been a more spectacular transformation. Having not been touched for some time, and in need of major TLC, Buckwell is now a beautiful home for its owners Neil & Kate and their family

The Journey

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

Buckwell wasn't always what you see above. Follow the journey in restoring her to her former Victorian glory.

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In the beginning . . .

Although with period charm Buckwell had seen better days

Back to basics . . .

To help visualise the new space we make it simple with masking tape!

Digging Starts

Clearing the ground and ivy from the front of the property

Ready to start foundations

Truck loads and truck loads of 'muck' are taken away

Work starts on the inside

The first couple of days reveal that the joists are rotten and some of them not even supporting the floor below

The site mascot

All hi-vizzed up Jack is part of the merry crew!

Work progresses

We start to clear the back

The rear of the house is on a slope and excavations need to consider this

Out the ground

We start to see the footprint of the new extension and the slab poured

Well underway

Things start to move on with the walls being formed for the new laundry and kitchen area

Work progresses on the inside

As part of the re-furb we convert an old bedroom into a new en-suite for the master bedroom

The ivy is removed

We were all hoping for some lovely brickwork under the grotty paint but what we find is a very sorry state of affairs!

New rear porch and roofing

Busy, busy with getting the roofs on for the extensions

The final push

Re-vamping the front facade

We engage a specialist steam jetting company to strip the paint from the front facade but what it reveals is not what we were hoping for. What to do?

New windows throughout

What a difference replacing the old metal windows that were falling out makes

Warming up

We lay the underfloor heating in the new en-suite

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Helen designs the new kitchen

With a nod to the history of the house but with a modern twist

Feature surround for the Aga

As part of the kitchen design we plan and build a reclaimed brick surround

A big day!

The new Aga is installed

On the home run?

Total transformation

The planners won't let us render the front to hide the awful brick work so we engage a specialist company to put it right

Painstaking work

Our specialist contractors remove all of the old mortar and re-point with lime. It looks a million dollars!

Second fix is on a roll

Laying the 'wood effect' porcelain tiles in the kitchen area

Taking shape

Classic white metro tiles laid in the new en-suite

A new retaining wall built at the back

The old wall gave way during excavation for the new rear porch so a new retaining wall is formed

New steps

The old steps were positively dangerous and so we build a new set of steps with retaining walls

IT'S A WRAP

THE RESULT