The flat in the Victorian end-of-terrace of Beresford Road, N5, was a space with a dual personality. The upper-ground floor was light and spacious, with appealing original features high ceilings, and a beautiful bay window. The lower-ground, however, was a shady den of narrow corridors, low ceilings and vacant spaces. The contrast couldn’t have been more stark.
Having seen Russian For Fish’s reinvention of an apartment in City View House, the owner turned to the architects and designers in the hope of revitalising the space, turning the dark and neglected half of their home into somewhere bold, contemporary and welcoming that reflected their taste for contemporary, gallery-style restraint.