Reconstructions & Renovations

CASE STUDY 1: VICTORIAN TERRACED HOUSE

Originally a three bedroom house dating from the 1820’s, this property had been untouched for many years and was in total disrepair. The challenges with this project included the safe demolition of the dilapidated part of the building, retention of the collapsing façade, limited access to the site through the front door and incorporating new design and technology via the pillar-less rear doors.

Working to the client’s vision for the house, Mary Laheen Architects designed an open plan living space with pillar-less glass rear doors ‘internalizing’ the outside space.

Once the old return had been safely demolished and the roof and façade stabilized, work could begin on digging the new foundations and rebuilding the two storey extension.

Works also included steel to reinforce the new building, pinning and rendering the façade, sealing, dry lining and plastering the walls and ceilings, re-wiring, new plumbing and central heating systems, solid oak floors throughout, new windows and doors (a combination of teak and aluminium), new solid oak staircase and internal joinery, two new bathrooms and kitchen.

This property has been featured in House & Home and Homebuilding & Renovating magazines.

The project took eight months to complete.

Architects: Mary Laheen Architects, architect Mary Laheen

McGuirk Construction transformed this dilapidated Victorian terrace into a bright contemporary space



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