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Loft Conversions in Southern Cross

Professional loft conversions in Southern-Cross

Anyone would like a bigger house to accommodate their ever-growing family. However, you don’t have to purchase a new house because extending your existing home is a viable option.

You wouldn’t have to worry about having enough garden space or having to let go of your beautiful garden either. By extending your house upwards, you wouldn’t have to worry about garden space. Working in and around Southern-Cross, Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions are a Brighton-based loft-conversion company. We do our job right to ensure you can attain your aim of adding more space and value to your home within a short space of time. The end result of our work will be precisely as you’d like it to be as we approach every new project as a unique one.

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Benefits of converting your loft

Whether you’re in Southern-Cross or any of the surrounding areas, there are many reasons why you might want to convert your loft. The foremost reason for most people is to increase the amount of space available for the family’s use. If you would like to increase your living space, you could use the new space as a game room or a hobby room. Many people are choosing to do loft conversions so they can have a home office of their own, far from the distractions of working from the lower floors.

Yet another common reason for opting for a loft conversion is to improve the value of your house. There are a number of advantages loft conversion has over other approaches to increasing the usable space in the home.

You wouldn’t need to wait too long for a loft conversion project to be completed, unlike other home extension methods which may also require garden space. It can save you a great deal of money as it’s not as expensive as moving houses. As a plus, you’ll get to keep your beautiful garden and you wouldn’t even have to worry about planning permission. From day one until the project is completed, we’ll do our best to ensure the finished product is precisely as you dreamed it to be. Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions have been creating unique loft builds and designs for homeowners in Southern-Cross for a while, allowing them enjoy their beautiful homes even better.

We can do the same for you.

How much value will be added to your Southern-Cross home if you do a loft conversion? According to several surveys, one of the best ways to increase the value of our home is to carry out a loft conversion. Even a study conducted by the Nationwide Building Society shows that you can add as much as 20% to the value of your home with a loft conversion.

For a house valued at £300,000, that’s an improvement of about £60,000. It’s a win-win situation with a loft conversion because you’ll be able to improve the capacity of your home while improving its value, as long as you don’t mind the cost and hassle of getting it done.

Are loft conversions worth it?

Definitely. Whatever the reason you want a loft conversion – an en suite bedroom or a nursery, it’s definitely a good idea to have it done. Loft conversions don’t take too much time before the work is done. Forget the mess that accompanies the loft conversion process as it will all be worth it in the end.

In Southern-Cross, would I need to obtain Building Regulations approval for loft conversion? Building Regulations approval may be needed for your loft conversion project in Southern-Cross, but that depends on the kind of work to be done.

There are specific requirements that guide the kinds of alterations that can be made on homes that are at least two storeys high. Such building regulations are put in place for your own sake in order to ensure staircases and fire escapes are securely and safely designed and installed. They also guide important concerns such as the stability of the overall structure and roof, the strength of the new floor and the sound insulation of the loft conversion.

The Building Regulations that apply will vary depending on the scope of work. Regulations tend to apply when extensive work is carried out, such as installing a stair to the loft, lining the wall or boarding it out. At Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions, we understand the local and national guidelines that apply to loft conversions in Southern-Cross. Let us do our job and we’ll make sure you get all the necessary approvals to complete the loft conversion process. What would it cost to have a loft conversion done in Southern-Cross? A loft conversion can cost anywhere from £20,000 to twice or three times that. Ultimately, what you end up paying will depend on factors like the number of dormers, the size of the extension and your location. You don’t have a problem in Southern-Cross as far as location is concerned because it’s not one of the more expensive options in the UK. Even more, Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions doesn’t charge as much as many other loft conversion companies.

What types of loft conversions in Southern-Cross should I be looking out for?

There are indeed different kinds of loft conversions available, but the best one for you will be determined by a number of factors. Before anything else, we’ll have to think about your budget. The type of roof on your building and the amount of room you have are also important to consider. Planning permission is also another important point to consider.

Depending on what you decide, we could opt for any of these loft conversion types:

Rooflight conversion; here, the existing roof space will be converted with roof lights added to the front and back to avoid increasing the volume of the roof. If desired, we may also add windows into the gable walls. More than any other type of loft conversion, rooflight conversion is cost-effective since you won’t be making too many alterations. Dormer conversion; here, we’ll be adding dormer windows into the pitched roof plane in order to increase the amount of space available to you at the front, sides or back.

If only a small extension is needed due to your intention for the room, we may need to fit only one or two windows. If needed, we can build a room that covers the whole width of the roof, so you’ll end up with full headroom and a large enough space. Hip-to-gable conversion; if your roof slopes down on every side to the eaves, then it’s a ‘hipped’ roof. To create more usable space within a roof like this, we’ll opt for taking down one or more hips and replacing it with a gable wall.

To complete the job, we’ll extend the roof over the gables to ensure enough space is created. Gable-to-gable conversions; after building the gable wall, the roof will be rebuilt at the back such that we have a raised, near vertical pitch that’s about the ceiling’s height. This ends up forming a wall with windows. The most common kind of house we use this method for is the terrace house. The resulting space can be a large one with full headroom. Mansard conversion; this type of loft conversion involves removing your roof entirely and replacing it with a new structure resembling a box. That would mean your house would have an additional storey with almost vertical tile-hung walls. Instead of your old roof, you’ll then have a nearly flat roof. Are there any kinds of houses where a loft conversion wouldn’t be practical? Most buildings wouldn’t have any problems with a loft conversion.

But, in other cases, a loft conversion may not be possible due to the shape and pitch of the existing roof. We can help you make sure there’ll be no problems with a loft conversion on your house, so book an appointment with us today. We’ll need to find out whether the new structure would have enough support from the walls you already have. We won’t have much to worry about installing a loft conversion if there’s a gable end wall. However, it’ll be a different story if you have an intersecting pitched roof, a hipped roof or a trussed rafter roof as those are more complex to work with. You’ll not be making a mistake by choosing us to handle your loft conversion even if yours is a complicated roof, as we’ve worked on several kinds of rooves in Southern-Cross and beyond.

Why choose Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions for your loft conversions in Southern-Cross?

For us at Clifton Hill & Montpelier Loft Conversions, we go the extra mile to ensure we do a fine job. Our mission throughout the loft conversion process is informed by your vision for your home. For every second we spend working in your home, you can expect professional workmanship and exceptional service, with the icing on the cake being a job done in good time.

About Southern Cross, Brighton, East Sussex

  • Southern Cross, East Sussex is a small area within the Portslade section of Hove, East Sussex, England. Southern Cross has the postcode area BN41 and dialing code 01273. Southern Cross is part of the Hove constituency of England. Southern Cross is on the South East coast of East Sussex, England. Southern Cross is the location of Saint Nicholas CE Junior School.
  • Southern Cross is between Portslade by Sea and Portslade Village. The A270 passes through the Southern Cross area to the East and West. Southern Cross is well connected with the whole of the Hove area, as well as to Southwick in the West and Shoreham by Sea. Southern Cross is close to Fishers gate and the Shoreham by Sea.
  • Southern Cross is close to Fishersgate and the Shoreham hub. Southern Cross is a very small area and it’s classified as part of Portslade Village, Shoreham by Sea, Brighton and Hove, South East England. Locks Hill Road passes through Southern Cross North-South. The Southern Cross area is a residential part of Shoreham by Sea in between Hove and Shoreham by Sea.

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Milosh Dering

Milosh Derning specialises in residential building projects loft conversions, extensions, restorations including listed buildings, general construction projects, new builds and more.

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