We refurbished and extended of a run down Victorian house in Stoke Newington. Planning permission was required for the two storey extension. A main contractor was employed for the main construction work and we acted as project managers for the refurbishment and fit out works. The house has a deep plan which was modified and extended to give a family room to grow. A history of poor quality alterations has been stripped away and a two-storey rear extension has been added to breathe life, light and air into what had been dark, difficult spaces. From inside and out, the project is a development of the garden landscape. At ground floor level the building and garden disappear into each other and at first floor level the extension disguises itself as a kind of tree house set on sedum. The V form in the ground floor plan accentuates the importance of the garden as it punches into the dining space. From there, angles refract off each other to create a family of indoor and outdoor spaces for exploring, playing and thinking.