A loft conversion is a great way to expand your living space in a way which best suits your needs, a playroom, additional bedroom and shower room, the choice is completely yours. A loft conversion is less disruptive than moving home and less expensive, with no solicitor fees, no stamp duty and all other costs that can be incurred with moving home.

A loft conversion generally adds an additional 50% on top of your initial loft conversion investment. So if you spend £40,000 on your loft conversion, you’ve added £60,000 on to your property’s value.

For your property to be elligable for a loft conversion, you can initially find this out yourself quite easily. If you get yourself a tape measure and measure from the underside of the ridge beam (highest point of your roof inside your loft space) to the top of your ceiling joist your stood on. If the measurement is 2.2 meters or more, your loft has enough inital height for a conversion and it is a good sign it can have a loft conversion.

Every house and every loft conversion is different and unique to your property, which is why it makes it hard to put a general price on it. Loft conversion costs typically range from £20,000 up to around £60,000, with a bedroom and bathroom addition generally costing around £40,000.

A loft conversion on your home is considered to be permitted development, not requiring planning permission, but there are limits and conditions to this:

• Terraced houses up to an additional 40 cubic mentres of space.
• Semi-detached houses up to an additional 50 cubic metres of roof space.
• No extension beyond the plane of the existing roof slope the faces the highway.
• No part higher than the original height of the roof.
• Materials to be similar to the existing property.
• No verandas, raised platforms or balconies.
• Not permitted in designated areas.

For more information visit the planning portal.