Victorian Terrace Side Return Extension Floor Plans

Redesigning a victorian terrace with an architect.

Victorian terrace side return extension floor plans. These days though this underused but valuable slice of land is being exploited. A typical terraced house built in the victorian or edwardian era features a side return a largely useless sliver of space at the back of the house that tends to serve only as a dumping ground and carves the garden into an l shape. Side return extensions offer a great solution to dark and uninviting back rooms. The millions of terraced and semi detached houses that define so much of our urban landscape are ripe for this addition.

The side return extension is one of the most common domestic building projects in the uk and in the spring of 2015 we did just that to transform our 1899 victorian terrace in surrey. Side return extension floor plan 4 in this floor plan the owners have connected their side return kitchen extension with the open plan living area at the front of the house. This layout offers a large open plan space that is ideal for families and those who love to entertain. The bottom floor went from being enclosed to becoming a vast 700 square foot living space with the help of an extension.

Then a rear patio area was used to integrate the home with the garden. And by working with the poorly used space at the rear or with the small alley to the side of your house a feature in many a terraced of semi detached house you can build an extension that is beyond all proportion to its size.