Total OVERHAUL

Jessica Booley's city terrace was stripped back to brick, extended and completely reconfigured in order to create a modern home that's perfect for entertaining

- MARISHA TAYLOR

WHAT MADE YOU LOOK FOR A NEW PROPERTY? We'd been living in a two-bedroom Victorian flat — it was full of character and charm, but we'd outgrown the space and were ready for more room both inside and out.

I've always had a passion for period properties and garden design, so I was keen to find somewhere with the potential to extend, reconfigure and really make our own. More than anything I wanted the chance to get stuck into a renovation project and design a property from top to bottom.

WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS HOUSE? From the moment we walked in we knew we could create something very special here. It was a classic two-up, two-down, but it had beautiful period features, great proportions and importantly, plenty of scope to rework the layout.