Hi all - I hope you can guide me in the right direction!
I bought this house just over 5 years ago (ex-LA mid-terrace), and it has a bedroom in the loft (3rd bedroom). My lawyer at the time told me it did not have planning permission, but as my options at the time were limited, it would be OK as long as I bought it and insured it as a 2-bedroom house (as opposed to 3). I would like to know the best way of finding out what would be required to make it official (and find out what work would be required). I've heard horror stories about councils making people rip apart loft rooms, so I'm wary.
I know there's a lot more to it, but it looks (to me) like it may have been done to a certain standard >10 years ago. It has a fire door off the upper hall, with a pukka staircase, velux window, sockets, lights, radiator. What I really want is somebody to tell me everything I would need to do to make it a room officially.
Thanks in advance for any guidance/comments received.
I bought this house just over 5 years ago (ex-LA mid-terrace), and it has a bedroom in the loft (3rd bedroom). My lawyer at the time told me it did not have planning permission, but as my options at the time were limited, it would be OK as long as I bought it and insured it as a 2-bedroom house (as opposed to 3). I would like to know the best way of finding out what would be required to make it official (and find out what work would be required). I've heard horror stories about councils making people rip apart loft rooms, so I'm wary.
I know there's a lot more to it, but it looks (to me) like it may have been done to a certain standard >10 years ago. It has a fire door off the upper hall, with a pukka staircase, velux window, sockets, lights, radiator. What I really want is somebody to tell me everything I would need to do to make it a room officially.
Thanks in advance for any guidance/comments received.