July 26, 2024 Primrose Hill is a northwest London neighborhood famous for its topography — the hill offers skyline views — and envy-producing, village-like charm. The district has Georgian- and Victorian-era terrace houses and many leafy trees. But even locals may not know of a little street that wends through it like a country lane. Image Hannes Witteveen, left, and Klaartje Quirijns became homeowners after many decades of renting in London and New York City. Credit... Nina Witteveen Klaartje Quirijns, 56, a filmmaker, and Hannes Witteveen, 55, a lawyer, once counted themselves among the ignorant. For a decade, the pair, who are Dutch, lived with their two daughters around the corner from that lane without having a clue that it was there or that their future home sat on it. But as Ms. Quirijns once said in an interview, “All my films arise from the same question: ‘What are the deceptive worlds we don’t get to see?’” Image The original 800-square-foot house had the look of a bunker before its size was doubled with a zinc-and-glass addition, creating the more neighborly building shown here. Credit...