Weatherbury Way - Dorchester, Dorset

Our clients, Will and Hattie, bought a run-down, 1960's, semi-detached house on the edge of Dorchester and  wanted to undertake a major eco-refit as well as adding a new garden extension. The brief for the new extension was to create something that had an element of surprise at the rear of an otherwise very ordinary semi-detached house. The geometry of the new extension evolved as a roof shape which could maximise the ceiling heights in the new spaces, whilst working with the layout of the existing upper floor windows. The choice of clay peg tiles was a nod towards the cladding elements of the original front façade. 

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Will undertook the entire project as a self-build, including the carpentry for the new exposed glulam structure as well as the joinery and the kitchen. 

 

The improvements to the house incorporated a range of sustainable upgrades to improve the thermal performance, including a whole house mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery and a new Photovoltaic array on the south facing roof .