Loft Conversions in Luton, Harpenden & St Albans

A loft conversion adds a bedroom, an office or an en-suite without giving up an inch of garden, and on most Bedfordshire semis and terraces it's the best value space you can buy. The question is which type: a Velux conversion where headroom already exists, a rear dormer to create it, or hip-to-gable on an end terrace or detached where the sloping side can be squared off.

We measure the ridge height first, because that decides everything. Below about 2.2 metres from ceiling joist to ridge and you're looking at a dormer to get usable head height. We'll tell you at the first visit which route your roof allows rather than quoting for something that won't work.

Everything goes in to full building regs: floor joists sized for habitable loading, insulation to current standards, fire doors and protected escape route, mains-wired smoke alarms, and a staircase that meets the rules on rise and going. Done properly it's a legal bedroom that adds to the valuation. Done cheaply it's a loft with a ladder, and a surveyor will say so when you sell.