Loft Conversion Building Regulation

Building regulations consent must sought it your loft conversion includes one or more ‘habitable’ rooms and that basically means that the clouncil's building control officers will need to be notified of any conversion project apart from a complete loft storage solution.

It should be noted that playrooms, home offices, studios and hobby rooms will all be classed as habitable rooms and must have building regulations approval.

There does seem to be a perception amongst some homeowners that the building regulations are there to catch them out and are an unnecessary set of hoops to have to jump through. In reality though this is quite simply not the case.

The whole point of the building regulations is to ensure that work is completed to an acceptable minimum standard. In that sense the building regs are there to protect the householder from bad workmanship.

If property owners try to circumvent or ignore the building regulations they do so at their peril.

If you have seen the horror stories of builders from Hell on the television and seen the awful state that some peoples homes are left in after loft conversion or extension work you may be thinking that the building regulations don’t work.

But I will guarantee in all those cases the householder either ignored or was ignorant of the building regulations.

Another important element of the loft conversion building regulation that shouldn’t be ignored is that once the work is completed satisfactorily the building control office will issue a completion certificate.

This certificate will be needed if the property is later put up for sale and plenty of house sales have fallen through because the seller was unable to supply a legitimate completion certificate.

All in all I would advise looking at the building regulations as a help rather than as a hindrance and should you need any advice you will find your local building control office very helpful.

Hard to believe of local government I know but every BCO I have dealt with have been only to happy to help with any issues.

For more info see the related pages below or complete the form at the bottom of the page for a free no obligation quote from tradesmen near you for your loft conversion project...

Applying For Planning Permission

The Loft Conversion Building Regulation Complete Guide

Loft Conversion Prices

Adding A Dormer

Skylight Windows

Architects And Planning

Find A Loft Conversion Builder

Loft Conversion