Rear Kitchen Extension – Short Road, Chiswick, W4

Rear Kitchen Extension – Short Road, Chiswick, W4

This project replaced an old rear extension on a two-storey terraced house in Chiswick with a new full-width rear kitchen extension. A new structural opening joins the kitchen and dining area into one open space.

The Challenge

The old extension and pitched roof left the back of the house cramped, with changes in floor level and a separate kitchen and dining room. The house is in the Chiswick House Conservation Area, so the new extension had to suit the terrace and gain planning approval.

The Solution

We removed the old extension and built an infill extension running the full width of the house, following the approved planning drawings. The works included:

  • Demolition of the old extension and a new single-storey rear extension

  • A structural opening with a steel post between kitchen and dining area

  • A flat roof in place of the old pitched roof, keeping good ceiling heights

  • A Sunsquare SkyView skylight where the extension meets the house

  • Kloeber aluminium bifold doors to the garden

  • Natural timber cladding by Silva Timber on the external wall

  • An Amtico Spacia floor through kitchen and dining

  • Howdens kitchen with a white tiled splashback, LED downlights and under-cabinet lighting

The Results

The ground floor is now one bright kitchen-diner that opens onto the garden. Daylight comes in through the skylight and bifolds, and the timber cladding sits quietly behind the trees in the garden.

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Project Details:

Location : Short Road, Chiswick, West London (Chiswick House Conservation Area)

Project Type : Single-storey rear kitchen extension + ground floor refurbishment

Duration : 12 weeks

Project value: £60,000

Year Completed: 2014

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Before

Before: rear of the terraced house with the old pitched-roof extension at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Before: the old kitchen with wooden units and a separate room layout at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.

After

Full-width rear extension with natural timber cladding and black aluminium bifold doors at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Open-plan kitchen-diner with white gloss units, LED lighting and bifold doors to the garden at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
White floating shelves and tall handleless units on the kitchen wall at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Rooflight above the junction of the new kitchen and the hallway, with floating shelves at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
View through the new structural opening from the kitchen towards the living room at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Kitchen and dining area with floating shelves, tall white units and a round dining table at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Bifold doors folded open onto the garden, showing the kitchen-diner inside at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Pine-clad rear extension with a black drainpipe and a grey aluminium glazed door looking into a white gloss kitchen, at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Closed grey aluminium sliding glass doors beside natural timber cladding, with a white kitchen and garden reflections in the glass, at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
Open side door in natural pine cladding showing white gloss kitchen units and worktop, at a rear kitchen extension on Short Road, Chiswick, W4 by Robin Services.
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