A reworked layout gave us our dream space

Laura and Chris were already living on the same street when this house came up for sale. ‘We wanted somewhere bigger and we also wanted a renovation project, so when this came on the market, originally a three-bedroom house not touched since 1942, we snapped it up,’ explains Laura. However, the bathroom was cold, pokey and unpleasant to be in, and the couple had to walk through the kitchen to get to it. ‘We knew