WORDS & PHOTOS ANTHONY HARRISON
Dan and Miriam Nethercott had already made significant improvements to their 19th-century terraced house in Manchester when they decided to tackle an extension scheme to boost the size of the property. “We bought our home 11 years ago and did a loft conversion four years later,” says Dan. “I’ve made changes to the bathrooms, but constructing an addition at the rear of the house was a far bigger project.” Adding more space was at the top of the Nethercotts’ priority list. “It was all about making a better home for us and our growing children – nothing to do with increasing the property’s market value,” he says.