Loft Extention - Ex Local Auth House - Roof Height

[Kalifornia777]

Hi All,

I am running out of space on my ex local auth house, at the moment it seems to be cheaper to expand rather than buying a bigger house.

Build into the loft

The problem I have is that when I stand on the beams I cannot fully stand up and I am 5ft 6 tall, I think the height from beam to roof rafter at its highest point is 5ft 4. I know sometimes you can lower the ceiling to increase the height but in my case this is not possible as the ceilings are quite low anyway. The other complication my house is a terrace but only connected to another house so anything I do will presumably have impact next door.

Any advice or suggestions would be most appreciated.

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• Kalifornia777
• 27 Oct 2013
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• Kalifornia777
• 27 Oct 2013
• 1

 

[HERTS P&D]

Throw stuff away, put it in storage or move!


Andy

 

[Kalifornia777]

Its for the kids -- so not so easy to throw away lol

 

[big-all]

you cannot alter the roof line as visible from the front
so no way off gaining height

 

[Kalifornia777]

Option 2

Build an extension on the back of the property.

The plan would be to part of make the current kitchen into a living room and the extension into kitchen with a small study room.

My garden is pretty small its 6mtr x 2.5mtrs.

So my plan would be to make a 2.5mtr x2.5mtr extension.
My problem is I want the current kitchen to becoming a living space but how do I get light into that room. I want to put up a wall between the kitchen and new extension as I don't want cooking smells to get into the living space.


Ill draw up a diagram for more so its easier to understand.