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Renovations of the year 2023: the best London home makeovers and extensions to inspire your project

Source: Juliet Murphy

From the dingy kitchen at the back of a Victorian terrace to the impending baby without a bedroom, our reasons for renovating tend to fit into a few familiar boxes.

The routes we take to get there, however, are increasingly divergent.

Had you considered, for example, removing the floor between the living room and the basement, reducing the number of rooms or even installing a freestanding tub a few metres from your kitchen?

These seven projects have all that covered and more, each showcasing radical ways to transform standard London housing stock and change the way you live in the process.

The Terrace Reborn

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