HOMEOWNERS Louise and Sean Potter, with their daughter Martha
LOCATION Liverpool
PROJECT Side return extension to period terrace house
BUILD ROUTE Main contractor
CONSTRUCTION Off-the-shelf conservatory
BUILD TIME Two years
BUILD COST £35,000
VALUE Undisclosed
People say that you just know when a house is the right one for you as soon as you walk in - and that was definitely the case for Louise Potter when she went to view her Victorian four-bedroom property. Moving from Tunbridge Wells in Kent to live with her now husband, Sean, in Liverpool, Louise was instantly drawn to the house's period features, such as the stained-glass doors and windows, along with some of the original fireplaces. The previous owners had purchased the house from a lady who had lived there since the 1920s and, luckily for Louise and Sean, had gone on to renovate it, which meant most of the hard work had been done for them.
BETTER CONNECTED
Adding a conservatory extension to the back of the house means that the kitchen is far more social and connected to the dining area, which suits the family much more.
"It wasn't to my taste but it did mean that we didn't have to spend our first few years in Liverpool doing DIY at the weekends," says Louise. "And on the plus side, all the difficult jobs, like replastering, sanding floors and stripping doors, had already been finished."
This story is from the June 2022 edition of Homebuilding & Renovating.
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