Bi-folding doors Haarlem Renovation

At first glance, the terraced house in Haarlem looks like a typical old building in the Netherlands: friendly, yet modest and small. Behind the facade is a spacious, bright home.

Dutch cities are known for their narrow terraced houses. In Haarlem, too, there are predominantly typical old buildings: tall, narrow constructions made of bricks, with numerous windows and steep gable roofs. Often, only a small, dark interior can be assumed behind it. However, many old buildings have been modernized and surprise with spacious living areas. This is the case with a detached house in Haarlem built in 1894. With an overall width of just over five meters, the house appears rather small from the street side. A garage door occupies almost the entire ground floor. The attic is barely visible from the street side because it is set back slightly. However, like many Dutch buildings, the home unfolds its space not in width, but in depth. It offers a total of around 270 square meters of living space.

Plenty of space, plenty of light

On the first and second floors there are living rooms and bedrooms. The ground floor extends far to the back and leads into a kitchen, which in turn is connected to a small garden, surrounded by the walls of the neighboring residential buildings. Above the kitchen is the quite large roof terrace with 50 square meters.

The newly renovated house is a real eye-catcher from the backyard. The highlight: Two floor-to-ceiling bi-folding doors from the manufacturer Solarlux separate the garden and the kitchen from each other. They consist of three glass elements each, which can be opened to the left and right. Except for a support beam in the middle, which is due to the structural integrity of the house, the passage to the outside is completely open and barrier-free. The kitchen and garden merge together and become a single, large area.

The transition between the kitchen and garden is barrier-free.

When closed, the bi-folding doors allow residents a generous view of the green oasis thanks to narrow profile views of only 99 mm. Additionally, plenty of daylight enters the narrow house, which is surrounded by tall buildings. This is how the narrow terraced house turns into a true space miracle with bright rooms.