Extra storage, out door buildings do not require planning permission ideal for home office, hot-tubsand playhouses. With years of experience in creating beautiful living spaces out of unused loft space, our team of design specialists allow you to unlock the potential of extra living space, while our expert builders are on hand to bring that design to life making your dreams our reality. This is an effective method of developing and enhancing your home while potentially adding value.
Loft Conversions Loft conversions are an ideal way to increase the living space within you home, while converting the unused redundant attic space. There are many positive reasons to go down the conversion route, not only are they generally a very cost effective expansion, usually well below the cost of similar sized extensions, but they are usually easier and quicker to build and in some instances do not require planning permission providing that fall within you permitted development rights. Another advantage over an extension is that you do not take valuable space from the garden and avoid increasing you buildings overall footprint. This in turn does not restrict other possible expansions in the future allowing for further expansion.
Loft conversions are very practical spaces and if required can be used to provide private spaces often enabling you to design and build what feels like an independent living space. They are light and quiet and can be used to provide an extra bedroom, or guest room, a study or home office and even an additional bathroom. Having had your loft inspected by our design experts we can come up with some idea's for you, or take your idea's and create your dream.
Before you decide a loft conversion is for you, you should remember that planning regulations differ from area to area, and you will also need to make plans and get building control approval. Why not give us a call and discuss your requirements, we can take you through what is required, possible and practical, advise you on whether you will need planning and help you submit for building regulation control.
Building regulations take care of such things as structural stability, ventilation requirements, damp resistance, insulation requirements and fire safety regulations. Many homes are not equipped with adequate support for a heavy load within the attic area, and while there may be a need to reinforce the support levels of the loft to accommodate a living space sometimes some lateral thinking can make all the difference, for example the loading requirements for heavy gym equipment will be totally different to that of a desk and some storage, so if it's a new gym your after why not create a gym on the lower floor and move a study to the loft.
Another important factor with loft conversions is they tend to be a third storey away from the ground floor, one of the requirements that needs considering is fire escape and prevention, this may require self closing fire doors to any stairwells. Here at Central Property Services Ltd we have dealt with all these issues before and although you may feel daunted by the prospects we're not, in fact it's what makes us different from many builders who simply shy away from the challenge and produce unsatisfying results.
Building and roofing Services Central Property services, are an established domestic and commercial Building and roofing company based in Sutton Coldfield, with over 30 years of experience within the industry you can be assured of a reliable quality service at an affordable price. We are a customer focused committed building contractor, who's business has been built on reputation and referrals.
Roofing, Supply, Replace and Repair Requiring high levels of expertise and experience, flat roofs are typically constructed with roof joists spanning the gap between two walls, or attached to an outside wall spanning to an adjacent supporting wall as in the case of most attached garages. With either of these examples these joists are covered with a sheet material, usually wood, which in turn must be covered with a waterproof layer. The weight of the sheet layer and waterproofing layer together with the span must be taken into account when deciding on the correct size of the supporting joists, other considerations should include roof loadings, such as snow or gravel beds. Flat roofs should also have a slight pitch to allow for the drainage of water and this water needs to be carefully calculated and accounted for within the disposal requirements. All roof builds and replacements should comply to current building regulation requirements.
Garage Conversions Conversions offer the ability to develop and expand an existing plot without using up valuable building space, many people have used this option to avoid the upheaval of moving house. Also customers find there existing integral garage is not adequate enough to actually function as a garage and choose to redevelop this space back into the framework of the original building.
Integral Garage Conversions Some Integral garages are used no more than internal storage, they end up as a dumping ground for all sorts of things that we collect over a period of time, often these types of garages are ideal for conversion, they are part of the original fabric of the house and can be the most cost effective way to gain extra valuable living space.
Usually they require the floor of the garage to be addressed in terms of it's height and suitability and some ground works, the walls insulated to achieve the required ratings for living space, where there is not already a connecting door from the house into the garage, or where this door needs to be moved a new aperture will be required to make a connection to the internal of the house, and the garage door needs to be removed and bricked up, if there is no window in the garage already which is common there will need to be one created when bricking up the existing garage door. There are many uses for this type of conversion, often they are used to provide a ground floor level bedroom maybe for an elderly or incapacitated family member, or as an enhanced kitchen, study or dinning room.
Detached Garage Conversion A detached garage conversion offers slightly different challenges, as the name suggests these are not generally attached to the main property, however they can also be beneficial. Depending on the size of the garage it may be possible to add an upper living space above while keeping the main garage area, or by diving a double garage you could even create an extra room and still keep a single garage. They can be viewed as an ideal opportunity to provide a separate private living space within the main dwellings grounds, maybe even a small studio flat, gym or plush office.
Planning Permission & Building Regulation Control Some but not all garage conversions require planning permission, but they all need building regulation approval, this can be obtained using a building notice, this is an application form acquired from the local planning office, a fee is paid for the application which also covers inspections from a building inspector. Once submitted work can normally commence within 3 days. All work must be undertaken within the building regulations, taking into account such things as fire regulation and insulation requirements. There may also be local planning restrictions in place that may prevent you from converting a garage, it is always better to ask the planning officers and building regulators before commencing any works, this way you are less likely to fall foul of any unforeseen problems.
