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Hey and thank you for visiting my profile, my name is Zachary but everybody calls me Waffle, I am a loft conversion professional living in Cowes, United Kingdom. My hobbies are shoemaking, welding and tour skating. I grew up in in York and I graduated from Oxford Brookes University. I have a sister Lacey-Mae and a brother Farhan, I've a pet cat Chase. I manage a loft conversion business and help people create more space in their houses.
These days housing prices are consistently rocketing and not everybody can find the cash to move house when the need arises. There are far more costs than simply the price tag on the new property to take into consideration, the physical act of home costs money and there will be many further expenditure to consider. If you find that your home is no longer large enough to accommodate your ever growing family, moving house is not the only real option.
You could possibly extend your current home to help make extra living space but even this may be expensive and could be dependent on whether you can get the necessary planning permission. You could do a garage conversion, assuming that you've got a garage and aren't actually using it to park your car. Another alternative is a loft conversion, which could not merely be cost effective, but will also put more value to your home without extending its footprint.
For some of the above reasons loft conversion has become very popular lately. It's important, before making up your mind, that you verify whether your home is in actual fact suited to a loft conversion. Not all properties are actually suitable, especially recently built properties which have roofs made with trusses. Most properties put up before the seventies have sufficient headroom and tend to be more suitable for loft conversions.
To be certain your specific loft space is acceptable, you will want to speak to a builder to look it over. When your builder gives the nod to have a conversion you can get him to provide a quote. Don't simply stick with the initial estimate you receive, get a few estimates before picking your conversion specialist. You should not pick just on price, try to use your instincts when choosing the best company for the job.
The vast majority of loft conversions carried out in do not require planning permission, so there's a fair chance that your conversion won't either. Talk to your planning office or ask your conversion specialist about whether planning permission is required.
Despite the fact that having a loft conversion is the right solution for a lot of householders, it's still a costly undertaking. If you do not actually have the cash you can always obtain a loan, which is often not too difficult because the chances are that the conversion will add to the value of your home. As a basic rule of thumb you may assume a loft conversion to cost you roughly as much as a good sized brickwork ground level extension although the chances are that you will generate more space with a conversion without increasing your property's overall footprint.
Your property's layout and design is going to be the deciding factor for which variety of conversion is ideal for you. There are different types of loft conversions that you can get in including: mansard conversions, roof lift conversions, velux conversions, hip-to-gable conversions, dormer conversions, loft pods and roof light conversions. Talk to your builder or loft specialist to determine which sort is most fitting for your house and which would be the most cost effective to suit your allowed budget.
Among the most popular kinds of conversion today is the dormer type, a concept that gives you the best bang for your buck, yet still delivers the most additional space. The dormer is a well-liked choice for property owners as it's both practical and nice-looking while offering almost everything which is required. With a dormer conversion it could even be possible to add a small balcony, which means that you are creating supplemental outside space as well. You'll find there are distinct sorts of dormers for example shed dormers, hipped dormers, flat roof dormers and Velux dormers. Consult an expert to figure out which one is actually best suited for your dwelling.
Most definitely one one of the foremost names in roof windows, Velux, have now been around for more than sixty yrs and they can be depended on to provide you with loft windows that are both good quality and effective. These windows are made to fit flush with the slope of the roof and hence don't alter the look of the roof structure, they do not generally require local authority permission and they're reasonably economical to install. They let in an adequate quantity of daylight and in reality might even need window blinds during the summer time. If your attic has got a good amount of head room, a Velux windows may be the perfect option for you, especially when you're on a tight budget.
The amount of time that it should take to do a conversion on your loft is determined by four or five things which include the weather conditions, the degree of planning that's undertaken, the competence of the building contractors, the design of conversion and the availability of required materials. As a rough guideline it ought to take approximately 4 to 5 weeks to accomplish a rear dormer conversion on a terraced property and approximately five or six weeks to do a hip to gable dormer on a semi-detached property.
There are certainly countless purposes to which the loft conversion can be put, once it is finished. Some house owners use it as a utility room, an extra bedroom or a new family bathroom. But of course there are numerous purposes to which a well built loft conversion can be put, restricted only by your inventiveness!