Loft Conversions in Leamington Spa

Loft conversions on Leamington Spa housing

The Victorian terraces and villas across Leamington Spa have steep slate roofs with good head height and a cut-and-pitch structure, which converts well, and the rear dormer that would be permitted development elsewhere is a planning matter in the conservation area, where a visible dormer is unlikely to be accepted and rooflights on the rear slope usually are. The Regency terraces with parapets and shallow roofs are a different case: often there is not the height, and where there is, altering the roof of a listed building needs consent. The fire escape route on a tall terrace, a protected stair all the way to the front door, decides the layout and is designed first.

On the newer housing at Warwick Gates, Whitnash and the estates toward the edges the roofs are trussed, so the conversion is a structural job first: the trusses come out and a designed steel and joist structure goes in, with a rear dormer within the volume limits where the pitch is shallow. Every conversion needs building regulations approval through Warwick District Council for the structure, fire safety and the stair, and our quote includes the inspections so the room is signed off as a bedroom.

What we are asked for here

• Rooflight conversions on Victorian terraces and villas in the conservation area
• Protected stair and fire door layouts on tall terraces
• Trussed roof conversions with rear dormers on the newer estates
• Party wall notices where the structure bears on shared walls