Julian Owen
Architectural firm Alma-Nac (
www.alma-nac.com) has redesigned this mews house in London, including adding new basement and top-storey levels.
While basements are often a standard feature of new homes in other countries, such as the USA, this isn’t the case in Britain. There are simply not enough basements being built here, which is a shame because they can increase the size of a house by up to 50% without requiring more land. Some people might be put off the idea owing to visions of dank, smelly, uninviting spaces fit only for storage – but this is simply no longer the case thanks to sophisticated new building techniques. More and more homeowners are now realising the potential of digging down or converting cellars into comfortable extra rooms.
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