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Property Type: Modern
Project Type: Conversion of Three Garages into New Build House
Location: Notting Hill
Size: 1,200 ft2
 
Notable Features: Private Mews, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Double Reception & Dining, Off Street Parking
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Specification: Baulthaup Kitchen, Boffi Wardrobes, Luxury Bathrooms, Under Floor Heating, Air Conditioning, Bespoke Ribbon Fireplace, Bespoke Wall & Floor Finishes, Contemporary Features & Detailing, Floor to Ceiling Windows, Skylights, Tadelakt Bathrooms, Home Automation, Bespoke Staircase, Lutron Blinds, Bespoke Lighting Design
 

Glass House Notting Hill

This little jewel is tucked away in a private mews in one of Notting Hill's premier locations, offering a rare combination of tranquillity and address that few properties in the area can match. Originally three separate garages, planning permission was sought and obtained for a new build 1,200 sq ft "glass house," conceived to sit sensitively amongst the gardens and listed buildings that define this particularly special corner of the city.

The result is a tranquil oasis of calm within central London — the perfect pied-à-terre for a client seeking privacy without sacrificing location.
 

Designing within a mews of this character, surrounded by planning and conservation constraints, required a careful architectural approach. Rather than attempting to replicate the period buildings around it, the house was conceived as a contemporary addition to the streetscape — one that sets off its historic neighbours while maintaining a clear identity of its own. The finished property comprises two bedrooms, each with an en-suite, a guest cloakroom, and an open-plan kitchen, dining, and living room, with off-street parking retained from the site's former use as garages.
 

The bedrooms are positioned on the lower ground floor, a deliberate arrangement that allows the principal open-plan living space above to take full advantage of a 4.5 metre high glass screen, framing sweeping views over the trees and greenery of the leafy private mews beyond. This single architectural decision defines the character of the house, flooding the main living space with light and green outlook in a setting where such views are genuinely rare.
 

Throughout the upper level, Silent Gliss motorised blinds are operated via a Lutron home automation system, while a bespoke ribbon fireplace and rich Arden Hodges walnut flooring bring warmth to a room otherwise defined by glass and light. This is offset by a Bulthaup gloss lacquer kitchen fitted with Gaggenau appliances, with Philippe Starck lighting completing a considered, contemporary material palette.

On the lower level, the same walnut flooring continues down a bespoke staircase, leading to the bedrooms, bathrooms, and plant room below. The bathrooms carry the same exacting standard, fitted with Italian sanitary ware, Vola hardware, bespoke teak interior cabinetry, and Boffi lighting — luxury bathroom detailing rarely found within a property of this compact scale.

The bedrooms continue this theme, each fitted with full-height Boffi wardrobes and Silent Gliss automated blinds, while large floor-to-ceiling sliding glass panels open directly onto an external terrace, extending the living space outdoors and reinforcing the connection to the mews setting established upstairs.
 

Punching well above its weight, this property delivers on every front that matters in this part of London: location, character, and style. It stands as a genuinely successful example of how a contemporary, purpose-built insertion can enhance rather than compromise a historic mews setting — everything a house of this calibre should offer in one of Notting Hill's most fashionable corners.