Client: Private Client
Main Contractor: Ken Biggs Contractors Ltd

Requirements 

Our clients lived on the outskirts of Bath but also owned a property closer to the city centre.

Due to their age and need to live closer to the shops and other facilities a new property was built to replace the existing. This was built around their individual needs and incorporated a lift to help ease access to all areas of the new property.

Construction

The existing property was demolished to make room for the construction of the new property.

Large, deep excavations were formed with reinforced retaining walls for the garage and lift shaft which would give access to all floors.

The floor above the garage area was formed using a block and beam construction with cavity walls built to the external.

Four steel roof trusses supported a timber cut roof construction to the second floor which formed rooms complete with dormer windows.

To the external face of the house, Bath stone ashlar was used along with a rubble stone to the garden walls and two raised patio areas.

The roof was finished with a plain Marley tile.

All windows, aluminium patio doors, garage door and guttering were all of a powder coated finish to the client’s choice of colour.

The entrance door, back doors and internal staircase were all constructed from solid Oak along with the kitchen which was also constructed from Oak incorporating granite worktops.

Within the roof space an air handling plant was located to clean air and to retain heat loss.

Heating and hot water was provided by an Ecothern boiler.

Value: £500,000