This early Victorian mid-terraced house lies on a peaceful residential street close to very popular Westbourne Grove in west London, England. A lengthy collaboration between the owner and Gianni Botsford Architects has resulted in a bachelor playground designed to indulge and please at every turn. This masterpiece of design and style is more or less traditional in layout but has some quite fabulous contemporary additions and imaginative finishes, notably from Jimmie Martin, Tom Dixon and Abigail Ahern. The full-length drawing room is on the raised ground floor, as one would expect, but to the rear a bold gallery drops down into the kitchen/dining room below, linking the two spaces.

Passing the rear roof deck, the surprises continue, and include a fully equipped cinema room. The Bulthaup kitchen (using Gaggenau and Sub Zero appliances) is genius in design, while the low visual impact blends perfectly with the cozy rough brick floors, natural surface finishes and Eames furniture. At the rear, a bank of rotating glass panels provides views of a terraced garden and a lush-green living wall. The brilliant primary bedroom suite on the upper floors, double in height, offers complete sanctuary. A central spiral staircase leads to a mezzanine office and gallery, and from here a bridge takes you to a suntrap roof terrace via an enormous sliding glass panel. Elsewhere are two double bedrooms, a guest bathroom and a utility room with Miele appliances.

A small rear garden has been reinvigorated with a green living wall and center pivot frameless glass doors from the new kitchen and dining area.

Particular emphasis has been made on creating different atmospheres for each function throughout the house.

Listed for sale at $9,636,000, from here.