KENSINGTON MEWS

A family trust wished to completely reconfigure and extend their former family home in Kensington so that it could become a fresh and contemporary pied-à-terre for family members when they were visiting London. 

They planned to completely refresh, reconfigure, refurbish and extend the Mews house. They wanted a subtle, refined and traditional style with some contemporary highlights complete with bespoke joinery and spaces to showcase some of the families extensive art collection.

The existing house was comprised of many small dark rooms with much space lost to corridors. 

After our first meeting, NGA sketched out the vision for the project, opening up the ground floor completely, removing the cramped small staircase and replacing it with a comfortable, generous one, creating a large roof light over the stairwell which brought natural  light through the property and allowed views through from each room. 

NGA worked with a planning consultant to secure the change of use of part of the home from garage to habitable space allowing for a beautiful utility room, cloak room and guest WC to be accommodated on the ground floor.

Natural materials such as marble, oak and sisal throughout formed the palette. Expressive lighting added drama alongside the families art collection. A notable piece of art by artist Johannah Muriel was used in the living room.

Luxurious en-suite bathrooms were added to all bedrooms using Carrara marble and polished chrome sanitary ware.

Thermostatically controlled underfloor heating and low energy LED lights were specified wherever possible allowing for the energy usage of the house to be reduced.

All existing sash windows were upgraded with conservation grade double glazed units allowing greater levels of natural light into the property while also improving the thermal performance of the house.