Case studyChelsea · SW3

Chelsea house, basement on site now

A red-brick Chelsea house with a garden. We are on site with stage one, the basement and structural works.

Where
Chelsea, SW3
The home
A red-brick house with a garden
The work
Basement and structural works
Stage
Stage one
Status
On site now
The front of the house before the work
Chelsea · The front of the houseBefore the work, photograph

i The brief

Stage one starts below ground.

Basement and structural works, the first stage of the job.

A red-brick Chelsea house with a garden.

Stage one is the basement and the structural works.

We photographed the house before work began.

ii Before

The house as we found it.

Photographed in October 2026, before work began.

The entrance porch, before the work
Chelsea · The entrance porchBefore the work, photograph
The back of the house and the garden, before the work
Chelsea · The back of the house and the gardenBefore the work, photograph
The reception room, before the work
Chelsea · The reception roomBefore the work, photograph
The garden room, before the work
Chelsea · The garden roomBefore the work, photograph
The kitchen, before the work
Chelsea · The kitchenBefore the work, photograph
The room under the roof lantern, before the work
Chelsea · The room under the roof lanternBefore the work, photograph
The stair, before the work
Chelsea · The stairBefore the work, photograph
A bedroom with a fireplace, before the work
Chelsea · A bedroom with a fireplaceBefore the work, photograph
A bathroom, before the work
Chelsea · A bathroomBefore the work, photograph
The roofs and the roof lantern, before the work
Chelsea · The roofs and the roof lanternBefore the work, photograph

Stage one has just begun. We will add photographs here as the work goes in.

iii The team

Who built it.

Led the project
Nick Jeffries, founder
Design, cost and construction
NU Projects, under one contract

The scope Basement works Structural works

Services on this jobBasements

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