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House & Home Magazine
September/October 2004

‘Boxing Clever’

The owners of a 1930s suburban cottage wanted more and better quality family space. By thinking outside of the box they came up with the goods by extension.

The rear garden has a tranquil alfresco living character with a contemporary twist, a bike shed is glimpsed through the trees, while a side gate is a handy second access point.

Previous extensions such as the add-on porch went with the older character of the house, the extension to the side and back is a fast-forward move to a new century.

Whoever comes with a book of house extension selections, suggestions, guides, plans and advice will make a tidy sum. There’s hardly a house built in the country that its owners won’t, at some stage, want to extend. The problem is, so many extensions are predictable, boring squares or boxes, and don’t add anything other than a few square feet to the character of a house.

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