If you love where you live but need extra room then a loft conversion is a great alternative to moving home, giving you cost effective additional living space with the amount of money you spend reflecting on the final value of your property.
Not all lofts can be converted; in some cases it is not practical. Your main concern is the head height of your existing property. Ideally you need a minimum of 2.2m head height in your existing loft space. This should be measured from the APEX of the roof to the top of the existing joist. Remember you will lose some of this height when your new floor and ceilings are installed.
It is still possible to carry out a loft conversion if your head height is tight. Your existing ceilings can be lowered or your structural steel work can be lowered into your first floor ceiling.
Your property must have sufficient load bearing walls to support the extra burden. This is only an issue when converting bungalows, where the foundations are not deep enough and there are also no internal load bearing walls.
A number of factors must be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not your property needs planning permission. However, we will arrange the local authority permission where required and will prepare plans and building calculations to ensure that the necessary requirements will be obtained before work commences on your property.
Depending on the size of your conversion, building work is normally completed within six to eight weeks. The expected time scale of your conversion will be confirmed to you before work commences on your property.
Obviously there will be some disturbance, however we try to minimise it by consulting with the customer throughout the conversion so that they are fully aware of the work in progress.
All waste will be disposed of throughout the job using the skips provided. We aim to leave your home clean and tidy as if it was our own.