Good Reasons To Get Loft Conversions In South East London
Hope everyone had a fantastic christmas, I bet you had all your family round for
a big feed up and plenty of drinking, problem is at the end of the night there is no where but the sofa and the floor for people who have had to much to drink to sleep, and you wish you had more space so the family could come round more often.Maybe its time to consider having that loft conversion done in south east london for that extra bit of space and comfort, Im going to give you a quick list why a loft conversion would be a good option for some extra space so your family can have a more comfortable night next christmas.
So, why the attic? In most cases, because its an empty space filled with the detritus of everyday life. It may be an ideal place to store suitcases, skis and defunct pieces of furniture, but think how much more useful it would be as a bedroom, home office or childrens play-room. At an average of 100 a square foot, a loft conversion is far cheaper than buying more space in the shape of a larger house - and about a third of the cost of digging out the basement. Unlike a back extension, it wont eat into your precious garden, either.
Nor is it just a London phenomenon.While the high price of property in the capital means moving upwards makes even more sense there, people all over the country are looking to their roofs. The online property portal Globrix (partly owned by News International, publisher of The Sunday Times), which allows you to search homes by feature, lists 2,670 for sale with loft extensions - 2,308 of them outside London.
So, what can you do with all that space above you? Although most people go for an old favourite - the extra bedroom and ensuite bathroom - this need not be boring. Take the loft extension that Mark Newman, director of Newman Zieglmeier, an architecture firm, and his girlfriend, Natasha Bulstrode, a make-up artist, have just finished above their two-bedroom flat in Kensal Rise, northwest London. They have created a boutique hotel-style bedroom, with a roof terrace, a freestanding resin bath at one end of the room and an enormous plate-glass window with views over the city. It was quite an effort to get planning, says Newman, 39, who carried out the work himself, with a skeleton team of builders. They wanted something a bit more traditional at the front, but we managed to persuade them otherwise.
So, what else can you do while youre up there? You could go greener. Building regulations stipulate generous amounts of roof insulation, but go one better by opting for an environmentally friendly material such as Thermafleece, made from British wool, or Warmcel, which uses recycled fire-retardant newspaper. The Energy Saving Trust estimates that the average family could save 110 a year on heating with proper loft insulation. You could also install solar panels: government grants of 2,500 are available for those installing solar panels to generate electricity; if the panels are for heating water, you can get 400.
What about a roof terrace? Councils dont look on them favourably, largely because neighbours are unlikely to take kindly to you peering down at them while they are sunbathing in the garden. And think carefully before creating one without permission. Because its on your roof, its rather obvious, says Hugo Pace, an architect at Snell David, a London-based firm. Its not hard for nosy neighbours to learn you don t have planning permission and make you apply for retrospective planning or take it down.
Is a loft conversion south east london always a good idea? Its cheaper to build space than to buy it, so, if you can create the extra space, chances are youll be quids in, says Phil Spencer, the Sunday Times columnist, Channel 4 presenter and director of Garrington, a property-search agency. Square footage is money - the more you have, the better.
Recent statistics from the Nationwide show that converting the loft in south east london of an average three-bed, one-bathroom home can add 19% to the propertys potential price. It certainly seems to have worked for Newman. The conversion cost him about 120,000, but according to a recent valuation by Foxtons, it has added 200,000 to the value of his home.
I hope this information sounds good to you so until next time enjoy the rest of your christmas from loft conversions south east london.
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