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Loft Conversion – what is a fair price?
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Originally posted by Archangel View PostDon't think either is a requirement in a bungalow loft conversion, only if a third storey is being added to a 2 storey house.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWhy don't you just move to a house FFS?Comment
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostWould love to have 2 plus en-suite, but the roof is sloping to the centre from all angles, so not much head space, hence the dormer to give access for an occasional bedroom.
Could look into dormering the front and / or side as well, but this would be fairly structural to the roof, and costly.
Will defo get 3 builders in to ensure I have all options looked at.
£25K min sounds a lot for a room!!Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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This is one of the house upgrades where you never get your money back. If you like the house then fair enough but don't think of doing it because you would like the extra space AND it will add value to the house.Comment
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Originally posted by Wilmslow View PostLive in a detached bungalow – only 2 beds, so I would like to convert the attic to another room. Ie, turn the bungalow to a house……
Looking for stairs up, dormer window, and the needed re-joisting to support the floor.
Anyone had this kind of work done? Did you regret it?
The very word brings to mind images of pipes and slippers, and some old timer who "can't manage stairs" pottering around in his tiny back garden grumbling that it's all getting too much to maintain at his age.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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We bought a bungalow with 6 good sized rooms, and paid £60k on top for a full-house refurb including new electrics, windows, heating, replastered all walls & ceilings and added a dormer on the back.
The dormer added a gallery landing, 4 more rooms, including an en-suite & walk-in wardrobe for the master bedroom, and an additonal wc for the other bedrooms, as well as doors into the front eves for storage.
Money was saved by building the rear wall of the dormer immediately on top of the back wall of the house - this was all agreed with building control. No steels were used, other than flitch-beams, which sandwich a 12mm steel filling between 12 inch wood beams.
The builder calculated all the loadings and checked them with an engineer. One new support was added - a concrete-block post that lies within the wall, from a (1 cu metre) hole under the ground all the way up to the trailing edge of the dormer (nearest the ridge).
Its a great house; definitely worth the trouble. We didn't live in it while the work was done though."take me to your leader"Comment
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Originally posted by Grinder View PostWe bought a bungalow with 6 good sized rooms, and paid £60k on top for a full-house refurb including new electrics, windows, heating, replastered all walls & ceilings and added a dormer on the back.
The dormer added a gallery landing, 4 more rooms, including an en-suite & walk-in wardrobe for the master bedroom, and an additonal wc for the other bedrooms, as well as doors into the front eves for storage. ..Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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