Attic when renting

[Mumofone1xx]

Hi all, I've recently moved and I'm renting. The house doesn't have much storage so I am trying to find ways to utilise my space. There is an attic hatch but it's not boarded. My landlord said I could use it for storage, and my dad said I could just lay some chipboard down to store my christmas decs in plastic boxes. But after having a peep, it has a lot of insulation and I'm not sure I could use it, without getting it properly boarded (which obviously I don't want to do as renting). Is there a way to make any use of this for storage or is it unusable without proper boarding?

The insulation should be laid between the joists, not just chucked in. However, it should be fine to just put boxes of xmas decks on top, as they’re pretty light (assume you just mean baubles etc)

If you squash the insulation, it won't work properly. It might be laid between joists and then a second layer on top to get up to the current regulations which I think recommend 300mm? Also that looks like fibreglass so be careful as it is horrible and irritates your skin and lungs so wear a full overall suit and a mask of you go up there.

You can buy loft legs and you could just board a small section near the hatch and it would be a relatively easy DIY job and not very expensive.

Thank you for the comments. Yeah I'm a bit scared to go up there as it's very thick and I am inexperienced with this, but might talk to the landlord about it. Thanks again