Project Journal

Green and pleasant

Victoria Miller explains how she and husband Dene returned the character to their dilapidated flat with a stunning kitchen renovation

Tell us about the property It is a split-level, top-floor flat in a Victorian house in Maida Vale, London. Dene found it online and booked a viewing. I hadn’t seen the photos before I turned up so it was a total surprise. It was in appalling condition and needed completely gutting, but I instantly loved it. The more dilapidated a property is, the easier it is to see its potential. What really sold it to us was the large private roof terrace on the top floor.

Yes, there is no way we could have lived in it as it was. As soon as we got home from the viewing, I printed off the floorplans