Tom, this is an unusual situation, if the loft is not mentioned in your lease I would suspect that it is owned by the freeholder and he would be perfectly within his rights to ask you for payment for this space.
It would be worthwhile obtaining the advice of a surveyor to establish a valuation of this space.
There are many aspects that have to be considered in undertaking this project.
Conversions of this space will have a significant impact on the escape strategy as well as many other aspects relating to Building Regulations.
We offer a full design service from producing information for planning to obtain Full Building Regulation approval.
We would like to work with you to establish feasibility of the project.
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