July 19 2022

Plans have been brought forward for an ambitious extension and renovation of a substantial Edinburgh home to provide expanded living space, a triple garage and a garden studio.

Pre-application discussions with the City of Edinburgh Council have previously taken place to demolish the current house at Easter Belmont Road and replace it with a new dwelling but the current thinking prioritises a selective programme of extension and renovation.

Oberlanders Architects propose to remove an existing garage to accommodate an expanded suite of outbuildings, set behind a new boundary wall and entrance gate. The work would more than double the size of the current home with a landscaped garden terrace, BBQ pit and summer house sitting on top of a stone-clad parking garage.

The major remodelling would also drastically alter the current home with a new glazed box slightly raising the current roof line. As part of this work, the external appearance of the property will be updated with white render, horizontal timber cladding and buff masonry to tie the composition together. 

Visualisations prepared by Charles Roberts Studios.

6 Comments

#1 Posted by Wee Chantelle on 20 Jul 2022 at 14:20 PM

Lovely Stuff!
Great work Oberlanders

#2 Posted by The Bairn on 20 Jul 2022 at 15:50 PM

Oh right... A tad large for its locale.....
I did wonder what disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO (Sir) Fred Goodwin was doing with his massive pension pot these days.
Or is it just a rumour?

#3 Posted by Nairn's Bairn on 20 Jul 2022 at 18:46 PM

Nice stuff - not overpowering for a big property.

I tried to have a look at the existing location on Streetview, but it's off limits - it almost looks like a gated community?

#4 Posted by ONE on 21 Jul 2022 at 15:06 PM

UR has some amount of parody accounts... Too often tearing good schemes to pieces and calling garbage like this nice work

#5 Posted by Daniel on 22 Jul 2022 at 09:02 AM

#3 - yeah, if you drop the little man at the far end there's a sign on the wall saying it's a private road.

Anyway, very good thing to see after a mini-heatwave that's given us the hottest day on record. More mansions! More cars!

#6 Posted by Eco Warrior on 22 Jul 2022 at 17:09 PM

Sitting here in 38C and I struggle to see an opening window or brise-soleil and the north and south elevations are similar in terms of amount of glazing! There is a real world out there ye ken...

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