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Common Loft Conversion Obstacles

Converting a loft will bring more benefits to your home than just adding extra living space, so it raises the question as to why more people don’t take the plunge. The truth is that loft conversions, as with any other type of building or construction work, don’t come without a few obstacles along the way. Some people just don’t want to spend time or money overcoming these obstacles.

This blog post looks at the most common loft conversion issues. These include:

• Planning Restrictions

• Headroom 

• Header Tanks 

• Access Space

JN Builders covers the Guildford, Godalming and Surrey areas as a specialist in loft conversions. We have the skills, experience and abilities needed to face the challenges of converting a loft and overcome them for you. Keep in mind that some of these obstacles won’t arise at every property.

Common Loft Conversion Obstacles

Planning Restrictions

If you want to increase the volume of space in a loft, there is a strong chance that you’ll need planning approval from your local authority. Homeowners might not want to deal with planning departments. We can overcome this issue by planning loft conversions inside your permitted development rights. JN Builders achieves this by not exceeding current legislative criteria.

Keep in mind that if you live in a period property, a conservation area or a place of natural beauty, you will usually require special consent.

Headroom

Most homeowners in Guildford, Godalming and Surrey see lack of headroom as a reason not to convert. Dormer loft conversions increase the height of your attic’s internal space, and this is an especially popular style with many of our customers. Hip-to-gable conversions, used for properties with sloped roofs, increase the amount of headroom by extending the existing ridge area.

Based on your property type, we will discuss the styles available to you and will always build a conversion with ample space for comfortable use.

Header Tanks

If your loft has a cold water or central heating tank located in a problematic area, the chances are that you live in an older home. It’s likely the plumbers involved in the original build didn’t consider the possibility that you might wish to convert your loft in the future. Thankfully, customers with this issue can still use JN Builders for loft conversions and gain the living space they desire.

We can relocate header tanks or, if you want to switch over to an unvented plumbing installation, we can make provisions for this in our quotation.

Access Space

Smaller landings might not have the space needed for us to fit an entrance staircase for one of our loft conversions, or the hatch might be in an awkward position. JN Builders can fit your Guildford, Godalming or Surrey home with space-saving loft stairs. We can design these around the layout of your property and to any style requirements that you might already have in mind.

We never see problems. Instead, we see opportunities and the chance to overcome challenges using our years of trade and industry experience.