GROWING up
Ideal Home UK|August 2024
ARCHITECT ROB AND WIFE EMMA HAVE TRANSFORMED A 1970S HOUSE, GIVING.THEM MORE SPACE FOR THEIR FAMILY
GROWING up

Architect Rob Pollard and wife Emma wanted to create something that worked for their growing family and a three bedroom, 1970s home near Rye in East Sussex offered an exciting opportunity. Spending time in their home before starting the renovations helped the couple develop their ideas and figure out what would work best for their family.

WHAT DREW YOU TO THE PROPERTY?

'We bought the house with the intention of doing a project it was a blank canvas,' says Emma. 'We wanted something we could add some value and personality to.

The process marked some real milestones in our lives, as we visited the project with Olivia during her toddlerhood and before long we were walking around the site with me pregnant and getting bigger by the day!"

WHAT WAS THE VISION?

'We lived in the original building for two years before work began and our ideas developed over that period,* says Rob. 'The original building was a series of rooms, but they were all very small and dark, so our plan was to knock them through downstairs to open up the space.

We removed the pitched roof and added an entirely new first floor structure on top of the original walls before cladding it all. It was a cost-effective way to essentially double the space we had."

THE LAYOUT

To the right of the hallway is a small storage space, boot room and a playroom. Across the hallway is an en-suite guest bedroom with access to the garden. Carry on past the staircase to the open-plan kitchen with living area and triple-aspect dining room, both with garden access.

Upstairs, a family bathroom separates two bedrooms and opposite, the main bedroom has a walk-through dressing area and en-suite bathroom.

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