Victorian Terrace Renovation Glazing: Transform Your Space with Light
Victorian terrace renovations offer the perfect blend of traditional charm and modern functionality. While these homes boast loads of character, their original layouts often fall short for contemporary family living. Discover how, in partnership with ODC, architects are using glazing in Victorian terrace renovations to create bright, stylish, and open spaces that redefine home living.
Transforming Victorian Terraces with Glazing
An early conversation with your architect when planning to renovate a Victorian terraced home will undoubtedly focus on how far you want to change its style and original identity. While some architects will propose maintaining the character of the house, others might suggest simplifying the aesthetic. Your choice of furniture, paint colours, flooring and walling will make a huge impact on the final result, as you can see from the completed projects below.
Inspirational Victorian Terrace Renovations
Featuring floor to ceiling sliding doors, bifold doors and fixed windows, all these renovation projects have open-plan, social, light and well-insulated spaces. These inspiring, renovated homes make the kitchen a central rather a secondary space. And in most cases the renovation alters the proportions of rooms, changing the flow and connectivity of the ground floor layout. Our homeowners are definitely in the ‘love it’ / ‘don’t move’ camp, and you can see why!
Lower Ground Floor Victorian Terrace Renovation
Our clients wanted much more light in their dark lower ground floor kitchen and dining room. Their small, dark rooms were opened up to make a large open-plan family room. Five floor to ceiling, full width sliding glass doors now give them the connection with the beautiful jungle garden they craved. Clever repositioning of the staircase to a more central position gives them dramatic views of their wonderful garden through large picture windows from the entrance hall.
Architect Jo Edwards has created a beautiful monochrome and minimalist interior. This Islington terrace renovation was featured in Channel 4’s Extraordinary Extensions, the Don’t Move Improve exhibition, and London Open House and has been published in Wallpaper magazine. Its garden was also featured in Gardens Illustrated and Livingetc Magazine
Finchley Victorian Terrace Brick Extension
Home to a family with young children, this Finchley terraced house has a strong modern design aesthetic. The side return extension has a uncluttered open-plan kitchen diner, and a separate living room. It has a bold exterior brick finish and a minimalist architectural style which is deceptively simple. The large ODC SL800 sliding door system’s aluminium frame is recessed into exposed brickwork.
Hackney Victorian Terrace Renovation for a Chef
This Victorian terrace house in Hackney has been refurbished and extended on the ground floor to provide a new open plan kitchen / living area. The owner is an enthusiastic chef, so it was important that the dining island was central to the new space. Architect Sarah Borowiecka chose large floor to ceiling opening bifolds with a seamless, single track threshold to maximise the opening to the garden patio and outdoor dining.
Single-Storey Side Extension in North London
Our client wanted her terraced North London home to be light and joyful. The external side wall was removed, and the space opened up to create a spacious ground floor. Rather than install one sweep of sliding doors or bifolds, here two sets of ODC 300 sliding doors connect to the garden either side of a supporting pillar. The layout has subtly defined areas with door systems designed to maximise natural light.
The kitchen area has full height floor to ceiling doors, whereas the extension sliding system has a bespoke glass section to accommodate the roof angle. The colour scheme is uplifting and vibrant, contemporary but definitely not minimalist. This delightful terrace renovation, designed by Edwards Rensen Architects, was featured on the February 2023 cover of KBB Magazine. A deserved celebration of a delightful space!
If you own a Victorian terrace and dream of transforming it with light-filled spaces, our experienced team specialises in designing and installing a wide range of glazing solutions to suit various budgets. Contact us to discuss how we can help you create the perfect renovation for your home.
