Reda Constructions
Bringing the next room into view.
Reda Constructions
Bringing the next room into view.
Lime plaster put back where gypsum had been, the original cornice records re-cast, and invisible Lutron dimming laid through three reception floors.
Build duration
22 weeks
Reception rooms
6 restored
Lighting circuits
48, Lutron HomeWorks
Listed consents
14, all approved
The brief
A Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse, last renovated in 1998 with well-meant but damaging choices — gypsum over lime, brass downlights in every ceiling. The owners wanted the character back, the services quietly modern, and the conservation officer relaxed throughout.
The challenge
Every surface held a story. Cornices had been repainted over their details; sash windows had been fitted with secondary glazing that didn't breathe; floorboards had been stained a shade that the period didn't recognise. And the client wanted everything — heating, lighting, security — on one app, in a listed building.
How we built it
01
Listed-building consent obtained for every intrusive intervention; a bound record delivered to the conservation officer at hand-over.
02
Gypsum skim removed from every wall; lime haired-and-set finish re-applied over refreshed lath.
03
Cornice records surveyed, moulded in-situ, and re-cast where missing sections required replacement.
04
Lutron HomeWorks QS installed through lift-floorboards only — no ceiling downlights, all uplighting and picture lights.
05
Secondary glazing replaced with draught-proofed single-glazed sashes; the house passed its heat-loss check with ease.
06
Final decoration in Little Greene's intelligent eggshell and Farrow & Ball's estate emulsion, tinted to match the 1820 palette the house was built with.
The outcome
A listed house that reads as its original self, with heating and lighting scenes a family of five actually uses. The conservation officer's final letter called the project 'an exemplary refurbishment within a Grade II setting'.
“Our conservation officer was more relaxed about the project than we were. Reda knew exactly which sash profile, which mortar, which lead flashing.”
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