rental reconfiguration
EAST SUSSEX
Styled and photgraphed by Giselle De Hasse
Returning clients approached us to assist in the interior design of a large ground floor apartment for rental. The property required a total renovation.
Whilst there was a good sized living room at the front of the property with a south facing bay window, the kitchen was located at the rear of the apartment, and was flanked externally buy a high wall and many trees, making it extremely dark.
The property benefited from two entrances which offered the opportunity to utilise the internal space in a more productive way. Re planning the internal layout assisted the offer enormously, turning a two bedroom, one bathroom apartment, into a four bedroom, three bathroom property.
The myriad of dark rooms and corridors to the front of the apartment were opened up to make space for a large, bright kitchen and living area, whilst the original entrance hall was made into an ensuite bathroom for the main bedroom
Turning the original kitchen into a bedroom, and the utility room into a Jack and Jill bathroom, also opened up another bedroom - formally the original bathroom.
Opening out the dark and cramped stairwell into the basement also enlarged the entrance hall. The spaces through the property were further assisted by new lighting design, and original features preserved as much as possible in line with the clients’ brief to retain character.
