Extension & conversion projects

Giles and Heidi Thompson’s sensitive renovation and extension of a Victorian villa involved some impressively radical solutions

Despite his lack of building experience or skills, Mark Collins has designed and managed the conversion of a huge stone barn to create a show-stopping home

Catherine Kanter ended up effectively taking her house down, restoring every element and building it back up again — and then added on an impressive contemporary extension

Adrian and Glenda Gracia have remodelled and extended a run-down 1950s house to create a light, bright, stylish new home

Rob and Grace Horton have remodelled a listed home, adding a contemporary-style extension in oak frame and glass

Alex and Seonaid Maclean-Bristol have created an astonishing contemporary home out of the ruins of a Georgian landmark

Sarah Pepworth has transformed a dated bungalow into a spacious new home by adding a whole storey

Reluctant to lose their large family-friendly garden by moving, Mohini and David Gray added a striking, light-filled extension to their ordinary 1990s estate home

Kevin Gallagher has transformed a dated ‘70s bungalow into a charming new home — for just £38,000

John Burke has saved a derelict Georgian mill from ruin, transforming it into a sumptuous home

Kollette and Darren Smith have completely rebuilt a former schoolhouse on the verge of collapse, creating a family home whilst preserving the original building’s charm

Liz Kingston has sensitively renovated the dated interiors of a listed stone property, adding a contemporary extension to take best advantage of the light and the rural views

Judith and Chris Brook have transformed a barn into a contemporary open plan family home, full of light

Penny Shankar has transformed a 1950s bungalow by adding a flat-roofed timber-frame structure on top, creating a modernist two-storey home

David Tayler and Zana Rajin have remodelled an unexciting bungalow, adding a sizable oak frame extension, to create a dramatic home set within private woodland

Jayne and Ian Gordon have completely transformed a neglected bungalow in a National Park, sparing no expense to create a luxury home for life

Charlie Greig has pushed her London semi-detached home to the limits with a remarkable remodelling scheme

John and Helen Parsons’ hunt for a self-build plot concluded in the conversion of a redundant listed barn into a thoroughly eco-friendly family home

Sarah Tyrrell has sympathetically extended her Grade II listed home using reclaimed materials

Lesley and Guy Mace took on a listed farm steading in a Conservation Area, carefully restoring the original buildings and adding a new wing to create a stunning home with waterside views

Jamal Badrashi and Kim Loddo have remodelled and extended a dated ex-council house, transforming it into a contemporary urban haven — all for under £80,000

Duncan and Fiona Porteous took on a 1970s Modernist one-off house that everyone else wanted to tear down — and updated it to create a home perfect for modern family life.

Nick Kenny used reclaimed materials to convert a run-down Victorian corrugated-iron chapel into a unique home.

John and Wendy Bullen have turned a derelict old barn into a stunning home in an ambitious conversion project with new oak frame additions — and took the prize of Best Conversion in The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2010.

When Rick and Cindy Wells chanced on a ruthlessly modernised Victorian terrace in North London, they knew it was the perfect place to stamp their mark on — and have added on a fabulous extension in the process.

Carol and Gerry Walsh have created a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home out of the shell of someone else's self-build that, 30 years after breaking ground, still wasn't finished. The result is a house transformed, with the huge extension allowing the Walshes to truly turn this home into their own.

Mike and Zoe Hope have crafted a new family home out of a Victorian tin-clad counting house, nestled deep within Dartmoor National Park. The couple have converted the property and added an extension. The extension houses the new living room, along with two bedrooms and a utility, and has created a H-shaped floorplan. The master bedroom and kitchen reside in the old wing and a conservatory and entrance/ dining hall link the two wings.

Eager to escape hectic London life, Lindsay and Guy Mattinson found a rural haven on the Isle of Wight — two period stone barns, which they have lovingly converted into one high-volume, contemporary family home.

David Snell revisits Plotfinder Challengers Derek and Sue Moore to see the barn they found together, and converted into a new home. Sue and Derek purchased one half of a derelict granite cattle barn in 2002; the other half was purchased by their new neighbours. The couple wanted to retain the original granite façade on the gable end, while new neighbours Mike and Sarah preferred timber cladding. The couples “compromised” — opting for both.

Tony Pithers and Gordon Craig have reinvented a ‘60s classic — transforming it into a home for the 21st century.