Converted into living spaces during the 1990s (that’s so last century) the old telephone works’ combines amazing proportions with a dream location right in the heart of Portobello Road. We were lucky enough to help transform a first floor apartment of epic proportions.

Located on one the ‘D’ of the ‘alphabet streets’ in Fulham’s Bishop’s Park estate we took this property from tired rental property to luxury family home. Arranged over four floors when finished, a large basement, ground floor extension and loft conversion were all part of this full refurbishment. 

Built in 2003 as a vicarage (100 years later than most of the terraces we work on) and as part of a large development, the property had zero potential for extending up, down or side ways. The only solution? Make the inside work harder.

Working with property developer MOB Developments we transformed a grotty bedsit and former squat into a beautiful one bedroom garden flat. After purchasing the flat at auction the first challenge was overcoming the need to change the layout, which included making structural changes that were forbade under the terms of the lease.

Nestled away behind Kensington high Street on a beautiful terrace our brief was to upgrade a mid-terrace home making the spaces work harder for a family of four. Bought from a developer, the home was a completely blank canvas once stripped back to the Bear essentials.