The Modern House is offering a rare opportunity to own a London mews house with approved plans for a complete internal remodel by architect Felix von Bechtolsheim. The current house unfolds across 81 square metres; after the remodel it would extended to nearly 110 square metres across three floors.
The plans would add a lower ground floor and reconfigure the existing footprint to introduce an east-facing courtyard.
The mews is a quiet cobbled street within the Bayswater Conservation Area, with façades of London stock brick and deep windows. In spring wisteria blooms run along the terrace.
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Image: The Modern House
Image: The Modern House
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The proposed plans would transformation the space into a three-storey home anchored by an inset courtyard carrying light throughout the property. Materials like birch-ply and polished concrete establish a textured palette that will run seamlessly through the house. A bespoke stairwell, bound by thin wooden louvres, will snake through the house beside the courtyard, rising to the open-plan kitchen and living room on the first floor.
Wood-framed windows, partially screened with bespoke shutters, will provide a balance of natural light, ventilation and privacy.
The ground floor would house a double and single bedroom flanking a coat room. The lower-ground has been envisaged as a suite with an expansive double bedroom overlooking the rear courtyard and a dressing room leading to a bathroom.
Just a few streets away from Hyde Park and Portobello Road, the property is currently on the market for £1.35 million.
