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Rachael and Stephen live in the highly sought after area of Highgate in North London. This is one of London’s most sought after addresses, with the area being steeped in history, culture and with a reputation for elegance and sophistication. Highgate offers Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath, and of course the famous Highgate Cemetery with none other than Karl Marx is buried! Some of London’s top schools are located with the N6 postcode!
So, when our couple realised that they needed more space for their growing family and changing lifestyle, it was no surprise that they really did not wish to move!
Rachel and Stephen are both working professionals and have two teenage children who live the life of young teenagers to the full, with a love of music and plenty of noisy friends!
This basement conversion was completed for this young couple with two children under the age of six, living in the North London suburb of Friern Barnet which is located within the Borough of Barnet, bordering on Finchley, Muswell Hill and Southgate.
The family home is a beautiful period property, terraced with three bedrooms and located in a pleasant, peaceful suburban road. The family love the area they live in and have built good relationships with neighbours and the local community. Also, the schools in the area are great, which is one of the reason why this couple chose to move to this area to begin with.
However, Kim and Ben found themselves needing more space in their home, with their growing family, they really wanted more room for their children to play, and more space to come together and relax as a family.
Martin is a builder and property developer and owns several properties across South/South East London. Like all developers he always seeks ways to get the best return upon his investment.
We were invited to tender on two new proposed two bedroom basements flats, to be built below an existing purpose built mansion house. The footprint of which was an area of approximately 290 m2 . The design and planning application process was already in hand, along with the structural design by Martin’s own engineer.
What was immediately bought to our attention was the very poor ground conditions, together with the high water table. The makeup of the ground was what we refer to as River Terrace Gravel, a gravelly sand, with little firm soil to build upon. Worse than that, there was standing water from about two meters below the ground.
