A“bunker” isn’t usually at the top of homeowner wishlists, but in Jürgen Blondeel and Mike Cork’s case it made sense to explore ways they could use the sloping topography on which their south London home sits to meet their needs.
Back when they began deciding what to do with it, the ground floor consisted of a narrow hallway, small living room, tiny kitchen and dining room. “It was all really poky,” says Jürgen. They refurbished the property and made it liveable but, for the first few years, the couple only used a small section of the house and ate meals on their laps in front of the television upstairs. “The kitchen wasn’t really big enough for both of us to be in at the same time, so when we converted the loft, one of the bedrooms became a TV room because I don’t like having the telly in the living room.”
