‘We Extended The Full Width Of The House'

Family life nudged Amaresh and Neerali Joshi to enlarge and reorganise their new home’s living space

- Rebecca Foster

Amaresh and Neerali bought this large, suburban house with a view to making changes. ‘We wanted to create a child-friendly, sociable and open-plan living space,’ says Amaresh. ‘Our neighbor had built a ground floor extension to open up the back and we really liked what he’d done.’

DRAFTING IN AN EXPERT

The couple went to Paul Archer Design (paularcherdesign.co.uk) after seeing a newspaper article about it. Their architect, Robert Sterry, could instantly see the problem. ‘The kitchen was separate, stuck at the front of the house, but the Joshis wanted a more open-plan arrangement with it at the rear.’

MAKING PROGRESS