Couple’s cramped 1960s bungalow looks unrecognisable after trendy £80k makeover
A COUPLE have shown off the incredible results of an £80,000 home renovation project which turned their cramped bungalow into the spacious family home of their dreams.
Appearing on the most recent episode of BBC2’S Your Home Made Perfect, interior designer Suzanne, 36, and her guitar teacher partner Danny, 41, invested their savings in overhauling their three-bedroom Bedfordshire bungalow.
Although the couple had tried their best to inject some style into their cramped house, raising three young children while also working from home was proving challenging for the pair.
Unsurprisingly, the small rooms often let Suzanne feeling like she “couldn’t breathe”.
Not optimising the little space they already had, the parents were also using one of their three bedrooms for storage.
This then left their two eldest children sharing a room while their three-year-old daughter slept with them in their bedroom.
What’s more, the incredibly small kitchen left Suzanne and Danny feeling as if they were climbing on top of each other and made simply tasks all the more difficult.
Not to mention how a member of the family would have to stand up from the dinner table if another needed to pop into the kitchen during meal times.
In order to achieve the bungalow’s full potential, Suzanne and Danny splashed out on an £80,000 560ft extension which created their much longed for fourth bedroom.
This pricey project also opened up the couple’s living space and added more light into their family home as well as some dreamy pops of pastel.
Instead of having smaller, separate rooms, Danny and Suzanne opted for an open-plan living space which combined their dining room, home office and children’s playroom into one without the added chaos.
The couple also extended their own bedroom to make more of the stunning countryside views as well as adding in an open-plan bathroom.
Delighted with the results, viewers took to Twitter to express their admiration for how architects had reworked the dated property.
One wrote: “It’s great, importantly, it’s beautiful and useable.”
Another added: “Great Your Home Made Perfect tonight. This show really challenges the conventional.”
After being presented with the couple’s dilemma, two architects then drew up separate plans of how they could re imagine their home which were presented to them using virtual reality headsets.
Although the couple were tempted by the prospect of an open-plan kitchen with dining room “sleep pods”, they settled on Laura Jane Clark’s bright and spacious design which cut costs in the kitchen and included a stunning sky-light in the hallway.
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