.png)
2011 - Somerset Row, St Albans
3 Bedroom, 2 Bathrooms, Reception, Kitchen/Diner & Garden
Forming the garden areas and reducing the ground levels to the houses.
Temporary earth support while the retaining walls are constructed.
Reinforced concrete retaining walls formed with waterproof Sika concrete.
The formation of the lower ground kitchen areas to each house.
Lower ground floor area. The waterproof concrete retaining wall beyond supporting the front driveways.
Ready for the finishes.
Lower ground floor areas leading to a covered patio & garden.
Quartz worktops, integrated AEG appliances & gloss white units.
Project Details
Project Type: New Build
Contract Value: £800,000
Warranty Provider: NHBC
​
Programme: 9 Months
​
Construction of 4 townhouses on a sloping site, originally part of another properties garden. The houses were constructed with a Sika waterproof reinforced basement wall on three sides to create a lower ground floor with the kitchen/dining area leading out onto the garden area. Above this at ground floor was the living space and 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms to the the upper floors.
​
The house was built with traditional brick and blockwork cavity walls, timber floor joists and factory finished sash windows. The roof was completed with slate roof tiles.
​
Solar panels were incorporated into the rear roof pitch for heating and hot water purposes.
​
One of the main constraints with this site was the tight access on a cul-de-sac road and scheduling deliveries of bricks and timber around busy neighbour accessible times.
​