We were asked to see the house even before purchase – it was rather expensive and in unfavourable state. Quick feasibility sketch proved the potential and the clients decided to go further. Crucial interventions included removing the staircase from the apse, connecting of the house towards the backyard and reclamation of the attic. The apse becomes integral part of the living space – it houses boudoir on the ground floor, spacious bathroom upstairs and small bedroom under the roof. Thanks to its inhabiting and through new large windows the house gets intensive contact with the garden. The kitchen is walk-through, rooms on upper floors are accessed independently. Storage and utilities are in the basement accessed from the outside.

Outside terrain is levelled with the interior with brick paving and arched stairs. Behind that curve and original cast iron balustrade, there is little private jungle. On the front façade we could only assume the historical plasterwork. We kept the openings and fitted them out with first-class windows; entrance door got fanlight and detailed frame. There is hidden doorbell and post box in wall. We accented the lower part with subtle fluting of mineral cladding. Interior floors are made of herringbone hardwood parquet, hallway has ornamented cement tiles and bathrooms PUR screed. Interior doors are custom made, as well as windows equipped with polished nickel handles.