Take a look inside this £250k home renovation with a loft conversion and kitchen extension

ByJoseph Mullane
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The renovation in Sussex featured on George Clarke's Old House, New Home, with grand plans to extend the kitchen, create larger bedrooms and even remove the roof for a loft conversion

The front of the house shows a brick build home with white pillars and a triangular shaped roof
The couple overspent by £60,000 on their renovation, which was featured on George Clarke's Old House, New Home (Image credit: Channel 4)

A couple spent £250,000 renovating their five-bedroom, Edwardian home onGeorge Clarke's Old House, New Home.

Liam and Jasmin, who work as a sales director and a PR executive, bought the Edwardian house for £850,000 in Hove, Sussex, but needed to alter the home to make it more suitable for them and their daughter and second child which is one the way.

The renovation included rebuilding their kitchen-diner, creating more, larger bedrooms on the first floor, and even removing their roof for their loft conversion.

The couple initially had a £190,000 budget, but overspent not realising the extent of the work showing why cost planning is crucial whenrenovating a house.

Kitchen-diner extended into new conservatory

The couple completely renovated the kitchen-dining room by extending it into the old, boxy conservatory.

George Clarke was shown round the home and he identified many problems, such as the conservatory which was small, poorly insulated, and noisy when it rained. Liam said: "It's like being in a biscuit tin."

The couple decided to remodel thekitchen dinerby removing the conservatory and extending the kitchen, installing akitchen islandwithinduction huband white marble top, and including a bookcase to divide the kitchen from the seating area.

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The garden has a black shed and a newly renovated conservatory which extends from the kitchen
The new conservatory was an extension of the existing kitchen-diner (Image credit: Channel 4)

Bedrooms extended to fit double beds

The renovation also extended to the five bedrooms, which were too small to fit double beds.

The couple spent a large part of their budget extending the existing bedrooms to reduce the number of bedrooms, but increase the size and include en suites.

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The bottom floor bedroom shows a large window looking onto the front small garden and pink sheets with wooden flooring
George Clarke stated the couple had a lot of wasted space in the bedrooms (Image credit: Channel 4)

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The house of the Edwardian home was actually removed to facilitate theloft conversion.

The new loft included木质地板being installed,dormer windowsand a seating area with hallway to a bathroom.

The house previously had a shallow attic, but the new loft gave extra space to the house with the project taking almost an entire year to complete, which Jasmin described as being an "emotional rollercoaster".

This property offers somebrilliant home renovation ideasfor your project, as long as you keep an eye on the costs.

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A pink corner sits in the loft conversion with two dormer windows protruding above
The whole roof was needed to be taken off to facilitate the loft conversion (Image credit: Channel 4)
Joseph Mullane
Joseph Mullane
News Editor

News Editor Joseph has previously written for Today’s Media and Chambers & Partners, focusing on news for conveyancers and industry professionals. Joseph has just started his own self build project, building his own home on his family’s farm with planning permission for a timber frame, three-bedroom house in a one-acre field. The foundation work has already begun and he hopes to have the home built in the next year. Prior to this he renovated his family's home as well as doing several DIY projects, including installing a shower, building sheds, and livestock fences and shelters for the farm’s animals. Outside of homebuilding, Joseph loves rugby and has written for Rugby World, the world’s largest rugby magazine.