Phase one addressed a kitchen that had become too small and awkward for a growing team, alongside a new need for private spaces to hold video calls. The extension sat above the workshop with no natural light to draw on, so a skylight was introduced to flood the space with daylight, with a second window framing a view down into the workshop below for a touch of interest.

Two small meeting rooms, each seating four to five, were built with recessed TVs and curved bench seating tucked into the wall, softening the edges of a tight footprint. A stylised hallway links these spaces through to a larger meeting room, reconfigured and extended by a metre to comfortably seat sixteen. A vaulted ceiling and a reworked end wall, its small triangular window replaced with a full height window and long band of glazing beneath, bring countryside views into what was previously an unusable space.

Storage ran through every decision. What had been a single cramped access point became a full run of doors along one wall, nearly doubling capacity, with the same principle applied to the kitchen to keep every space clear and uncluttered despite the volume of people it now needs to hold. Delivered to a considered budget, the result still needed to feel every bit as impressive as the building company it represents.