Vine Cottage
MBP Architects, Esher, 2014
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The refurbishment and extension of a 19th-century cottage
The brief was to remodel and extend the existing building to create a three bedroom house.
The clients are a retired couple who wished to downsize.
There was a requirement for a sustainable low energy approach.
Data
- Begun: Mar 2013
- Completed: Jun 2014
- Floor area: 129m2
- Sector: House
- Total cost: £236,000
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: Jan 2013
- Procurement: JCT Minor works
- Address: Vine Cottage, Weston Green, Esher, KT7 0JP, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: MBP Architects
- Client: Peter & Lindsey Jacobsen
- Structural Engineers: Buxton Associates
Suppliers
- External Render: Sto Render
- Douglas fir boards: Dinesen
- Zinc sheet roofing: Rheinzink UK
- Heat recovery system: Genvex
- Rooflights: The Rooflight Company