Two nurses from London both felt that the 1970′s conservatories that were attached to the back of their houses were an eyesore and both felt that they would like something new in its place. Both of the women lived next door to each other and amazingly, for London, they got along. So much so that they decided to share the costs of their new conservatories by using the same architect and builder. They both felt that their terraced homes in Hammersmith were too cramped for their needs and so agreed to extend their gardens whilst getting rid of their old conservatories at the same time. One of the nurses knew of an architect whose work she had admired when she had visited a house in the Open House London, this is where architecturally interesting houses are open to the public. So in 2007 bo we buy any house th commissioned the same architect to design and oversee the project on both of their homes. The neighbours shared the same builder and split the costs of shared tiles and paint and used some of the same furnishings. They also shared storage space for furniture whilst the build was going on and used the same removal company. This led to both securing big discounts as they were giving the company twice the amount of business at the same time. They may live in the same terraced street but the pair wanted different things from their extensions, even though were of a similar size. One was 409 sq ft and the other 376 sq ft. The architect admitted that he would not have taken the job on if they were separate projects as they would have been too small but together they were worthwhile for him.