When Katriena and Sean Collins moved into their home in Hutton, Essex, in 2015, they always knew they would extend and renovate. At the time, with two young children, the three-bedroom, one-bathroom house worked well enough. But as their family grew to five, it became clear that the space – and the way it was arranged – no longer supported their day-to-day life.
What started as an idea to extend gradually became a much more considered project: a garage conversion, rear extension, plus a full reconfiguration of the downstairs to create a home that truly worked for a busy, sociable family.
