Hello, I’d be grateful for any insights if anyone has done this before. The top floor of my house (Victorian semi) has 2 “original” attic bedrooms (once were servants quarters I guess) with a small original dormer in the back bedroom, and a skylight in the front bedroom. Previous owners made a bathroom out of what was a water tank cupboard. The way the rooms are built, there’s access to the loft eaves all around, through a door from each room.
My question: there’s LOADS of unused space in the eaves, because the original rooms’ walls are at full height. I’d like to change the rooms to move the walls “back” to have more floor space (with therefore some restricted height areas). Would make a big difference to usability. I could really rolls-royce it and try for a bigger dormer and bathroom and additional skylights but that’s not essential - just interested in whether there’s an easier solution that involves knocking down the existing plasterboard walls, re-boarding in a different place (appreciate will need to make sure roof insulation is right) and re-flooring.
One builder said I was basically looking at a full-scale loft conversion, but is that really right? Is this that big a job?