Kitchen wide with oven tower and island
Residential project

Extension and full renovation, Phibsborough

A red brick house taken back to its structure, extended to the side and rear, and finished with a new kitchen, bathrooms and full height oak joinery.
Location
Phibsborough, Dublin 7
When
2025 to 2026
Our role
Main contractor, built from Francesco Panzeri's tender drawings under a fixed price contract
Architect
Francesco Panzeri

The architect's tender package set out a single storey side and rear extension and a complete renovation of the original house. We built it under a fixed price contract, from the first structural openings to handover.

The work covered new foundations and blockwork, steel and roof structures, rooflights and large glazed openings, all services, a new kitchen and utility, bathrooms and a run of bespoke oak joinery through the living spaces and under the stairs.

Scope of work

  • Single storey side and rear extension
  • Structural openings, steels and new roof structures
  • Full internal renovation and new services
  • Kitchen, utility and bathrooms
  • Bespoke oak joinery, living room and understairs
Before and after

The same view, before and after

Front elevation after the renovation, Phibsborough
Original house with side garage
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BeforeAfter
Front of the house: before works and after the renovation

Existing condition

The original house with its side garage, before works began.

Brief and design

The architect's tender drawings and design visualisations of the finished rooms.

Drawings: Francesco Panzeri, architect. The four design visualisations were prepared from the architect's design and enhanced with AI by MF; they are design images, not photographs.

Construction

The house stripped back, the extension shell formed and the rooflight openings framed.

Finishes and joinery

Oak joinery for storage, display and the understairs space.

Completed

The finished extension, kitchen and bathrooms.

Designed, then built

Design beside the finished work

Kitchen with orange island, oak tall units and glazed doors
Design
Kitchen: red island, oak joinery, stone splashback
Built
Kitchen: design visualisation and the finished room
Living room with oak shelving, slatted panels and fireplace
Design
Living room: full-height oak joinery and fireplace
Built
Living room joinery: design and built
Rear garden and dark rendered single storey extension
Design
Finished rear extension, render and full-height glazing
Built
Rear extension: design and built
Kitchen layout and elevations
Design
Kitchen wide with oven tower and island
Built
Kitchen drawing and the finished kitchen
Video

On site and finished

The house from outside, with the new extension
Before, during and after, Phibsborough
Our joiners fitting the kitchen
The finished oak and red kitchen
Living room joinery around the original fireplace
Push to open storage, walk-in unit and understairs joinery
The stairs before and after, with oak understairs storage
The finished bathrooms
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