Loft conversion. Any tips etc?

[bellaboo88]

Hiya,

I'm having a builder around on Monday to sort out our patio & quote us for the loft.

We have a 70s built 3bed semi. It has a flat wall at side & enough room for a staircase off the long landing.

I really don't know too much & my dp goes on about 'to standards' etc. Am I right to assume to standards means we can sell as a bedroom but not to standards means we can use as a bedroom but not sell as an extra bedroom?

Any ideas on what we may expect as a benchmark for either?

Thanks x

Hi. We have a 1928 semi and we are getting a loft conversion and the cost will be about 30k- that is including an ensuite though and will be to building regs. In my old house we had one which was not built to regulations but we used it as a spare room just fine just couldn't sell it as a 3 bed, rather it was a 2 bed with "loft room". A lot of it is about fire doors- to pass building regulations it will have to have the right fire doors but not just the new doors -almost all doors in the house will either have to be replaced or coated in special expensive paint to make them fireproof.

Wow 30k, we've been told that budget will get an extension up my way. Fingers crossed should know by tonight, very excited! X