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Good day and thankyou for looking at my personal profile, my real name is Shaun but everybody generally calls me Marbles, I am proud to be a loft conversion expert working in Minehead, United Kingdom. My pastimes are couponing, whittling and beach volleyball. I grew up in in Norwich and graduated from University of Bristol. I have a brother Kian and three sisters, I've got a pet frog called Destini. I manage a loft conversions service and like to help home-owners improve their properties so they haven't got to sell up and move. Not every property owner can find the money to move house these days, with property selling prices increasing and expenses spiraling. The cost of relocating has to be added to the price of the new property in addition to all the extras when you are figuring out the total outlay involved. If you find that your family is getting too big for its home but you can't afford to move there are still some great alternatives. You could possibly put an extension onto your home to make extra room but this can be extremely expensive and may depend on whether you can get the necessary planning permission. You could maybe convert your garage, assuming that you have a garage and are not actually parking your car in it. Another solution is a loft conversion, which can not only be affordable, but should also add value to your home without extending its footprint. Loft conversion has gotten extremely popular in recent years, mainly for some of the reasons mentioned above. Before heading along this route, you will have to make sure that your property is in actual fact suitable for a loft conversion. Don't assume all homes are suitable, especially newer properties which have got trussed roofs. Slightly older houses that were built before the nineteen seventies tend to be ideal for loft conversions as they were created using solid rafters and there was frequently plenty of headroom. You'll want to contact a local builder to check on the scenario with your specific loft space and make sure it is suitable. The builder will provide you with a quotation for the work once he has verified that your particular loft is suitable for converting. Get in touch with quite a few loft conversion specialists and get a few quotations so that you have a general idea of the likely cost. Try to use your intuition rather than purely considering the price tag when deciding on who is the best to carry out your loft conversion. Generally loft conversions carried out in don't require planning permission, so there is a pretty good chance that your conversion will not either. Confer with your local authority planning office or ask your builder whether planning permission is likely to be needed. Even though for house owners, doing a loft conversion might be a good choice, it still requires a considerable financial commitment. It's improbable that many people will have that sort of money handy, so it may be necessary to ask the bank for a loan or a second mortgage. As a guide you could assume a loft conversion to cost you about as much as a good size brick built extension although the probability is that you will gain more room with an attic conversion while not expanding the footprint of your property. Your home's design and layout is what determines what sort of conversion is the most suitable one for you. There are several different styles of loft conversion that you can get in including: dormer loft conversions, loft pods, velux conversions, roof lift conversions, roof light conversions, mansard conversions and hip-to-gable loft conversions. To find out which one will be the most appropriate and cost effective for your property, check with your chosen loft specialist. Dormer Loft Conversions Perhaps the most preferred form of conversion in recent times is the dormer style, a kind which provides decent value for money, though still provides the maximum extra space. This is a well loved option with householders since its both attractive and effective while offering every little thing which is likely to be needed. With a dormer conversion it is even a possibility to add a little balcony, meaning that you're creating extra outdoor space too. There are different sorts of dormers including flat roof dormers, gabled dormers, Velux dormers and shed dormers. Check with a professional to figure out which is the best option for your property. Velux Conversions One of the best known brands of roof windows, Velux, have been around now for more than fifty yrs and you can trust in them to provide you with loft windows that are both good quality and dependable. These are built to be fitted in line with the slope of your roof and thus do not alter the shape of the structure, they do not normally call for permission plus they are pretty economical to put in. They produce a decent amount of daylight and actually may require window blinds in the summertime. If your loft has a decent bit of head space, a Velux conversion may be perfect for you, in particular if you have limited capital. Just How Long Does it Take to Do? The timescale for completing a loft conversion would depend on various factors including the dependability of the contractors, the prevailing climatic conditions, the style of conversion, the level of planning that is done and the availability of components. As a rough guideline it ought to take approximately 4 to 5 weeks to do a rear dormer loft conversion on a terraced dwelling and about 5 to 6 weeks to do a hip to gable dormer on a semi-detached house. As soon as your loft conversion has been done, there are numerous uses you could put it to. You can turn it into a new family bathroom, a kitchen/diner or an additional bedroom. Nonetheless there are numerous uses to which a well built loft conversion can be put, constrained only by your inventiveness!
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