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Very impressed with the team's workmanship. Professional from start to finish, carried the work out to the highest standard and left the site clean and tidy.
Jack BatesJuly 2026
Up Or Sideways
Both give you a room without touching the garden. Which one makes sense usually comes down to what you need the space for and what your roof will allow.
Up Into The Loft
Best when you need a bedroom. A loft conversion adds a full room with a fixed staircase, and it is the work most likely to be reflected in the valuation because it changes the bedroom count.
VeluxDormerHip to gableMansardL shapeEnsuiteSideways Into The Garage
Best when you need a room now and you need it cheap. Nothing structural changes, the roof is already on, and most are finished inside a month.
Home officeGymSnugUtilityPlayroomAnnexeIf your ridge height is not there, a rear extension may get you the same space for similar money. Read what a loft costs in Nottingham or what to do with a garage.
Loft Conversion Types
Which one your house can take depends on the roof you already have. Tap through and see what changes.
Rear Dormer
A flat roof box built out from the back pitch. The most common loft in Nottinghamshire and usually the best value per square metre gained.
- Suits
- Semis and terraces with a decent ridge height
- Head height
- Needs roughly 2.3m from ceiling joist to ridge before we start
- Planning
- Normally permitted development, no application needed
- What you gain
- Full head height across most of the new floor
Hip To Gable
The sloping end of the roof gets squared off into a vertical gable wall, which turns a cramped triangle into a usable room. Often paired with a rear dormer.
- Suits
- Detached and semi detached houses with a hipped end
- Head height
- Works with a lower starting ridge than a rooflight loft
- Planning
- Normally permitted development on a house, not a flat
- What you gain
- Adds width where the roof used to slope away
Mansard
The rear roof is rebuilt almost vertical with a shallow top. The biggest gain of the four and the most work, because it is effectively a new storey.
- Suits
- Terraces and town houses, especially where a dormer is not enough
- Head height
- Creates head height rather than needing it
- Planning
- Almost always needs a planning application
- What you gain
- Close to a full extra floor of usable space
Rooflight
Nothing structural happens to the roof shape. Rooflights, a floor, insulation, stairs and a fire escape route. Cheapest and quickest by a distance.
- Suits
- Houses that already have generous head height in the loft
- Head height
- Needs about 2.4m under the ridge to be worth doing
- Planning
- Permitted development in almost every case
- What you gain
- No shape change, so the space you see is the space you get
Professional, reliable and incredibly hardworking. They always arrived on time, kept everything tidy and communicated with us throughout.
★★★★★Kerry RedgateNottinghamshire
Talk About Your LoftLoft And Garage
Conversions
Conversion photography is being shot on the current jobs. In the meantime the full portfolio shows the structural work, steels and openings that every conversion is built on.
What Our Conversion
Customers Say
Google Reviews
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Ive used the team for several projects over the years and they have been nothing but faultless. Genuinely honest guy who I would recommend to anyone.
Luke FrostJuly 2026
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Professional, reliable and incredibly hardworking. They always arrived on time, kept everything tidy and communicated with us throughout.
Kerry RedgateJuly 2026
★★★★★
We've had two extensions built by 1989. The second created a very large open plan kitchen in a very old house. Nothing was too much trouble for the team.
KatieMay 2026
★★★★★
From the initial consultation to the final handover, the entire team were professional, transparent and incredibly skilled.
Matthew AndersonJune 2026
★★★★★
Nice set of people doing the work. Robert did what we agreed and finished on time. We would use them again.
Steve DrabbleJune 2026
★★★★★
Did a great job repairing work needed to my chimney and walls. Quote was fair and all done on time and to a high standard.
Alex BrownJune 2026
★★★★★
Brilliant group of lads, hard working and quality work. Would absolutely recommend.
Charlie BowenMay 2026
Conversion Questions Answered
Measure from the top of the ceiling joist to the underside of the ridge. Around 2.3 metres and a dormer will work. Around 2.4 and you can do it with rooflights alone. Under about 2.2 and you are looking at a mansard, which rebuilds the rear roof and needs planning. We measure it properly on the first visit.
Always, even when planning is not needed. The floor has to carry a habitable load, the stairs need 2 metres of head height, and there has to be a protected escape route with fire doors off the landing. That is the part cowboys skip and the part that stops you selling.
No, and that is worth thinking about. Once it is insulated, floored and plastered it is a room. If off street parking matters for resale on your street we will tell you before you commit rather than after.
Nearly always. Garage slabs are usually laid lower than the house floor and without a damp proof membrane. We lift or build over it, put the membrane and insulation in, and bring it level with the rest of the house.
The opposite, if it is done properly. You end up with insulation in the new roof rather than a draughty void above the ceiling. What does change is your heating balance, so the system usually needs rebalancing and sometimes a bigger cylinder.
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Conversion Costed
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