Loft Conversions; Bedroom, Family Room, AV Suite, Gym, Home Office... a Loft Conversion offer's endless possibilities to create additional space today.. and INCREASE the value of your property...



At PJA Joinery and Building Services we specialise in converting the largest unused space within your home into high quality, high value living accommodation. Perhaps a bedroom to accommodate growing family needs, office to work from home and shut off the rigours at the weekend, master bedroom en suite for you, television suite.. Loft Conversions offer limitless possibilities to enhance your lifestyle and invest in your property.

For a fraction of the cost of moving home and in a matter of weeks, PJA Joinery and Building Services can create additional space in your home and enhance the value of your property.

Styles

Loft conversion styles can vary, from up and over roofs requiring dormers to the front or rear, to side hipped roofs requiring gable conversions or side dormers.

In some boroughs side gables are not acceptable by the local authority, in which case a side dormer must be created in order to provide the headroom and extra space required. Either way, your new loft conversion will be designed by PJA to blend in with your property.

With PJA you can be confident that your loft conversion will be designed to best suit your personal requirements, subject to local authority planning if required.

Depending on the size of your loft, a choice of internal designs can be achieved, being a single large room or several rooms with or without en-suit bathroom facilities.

Whichever type of loft conversion you have envisaged, PJA will endeavour to fulfil your requirements where possible.

Planning Permission

Planning permission is not normally required. However, permission is required where you extend or alter the roof space and it exceeds specified limits and conditions.

Under new regulations that came into effect from 1 October 2008 a loft conversion for your home is considered to be permitted development, not requiring an application for planning permission, subject to the following limits and conditions:

• A volume allowance of 40 cubic metres for terraced houses
• A volume allowance of 50 cubic metres for detached and semi-detached houses.
• No extension beyond the plane of the existing roof slope of the principal elevation that fronts the highway.
• No extension to be higher than the highest part of the roof.
• Materials to be similar in appearance to the existing house.
• No verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
• Side-facing windows to be obscure-glazed; any opening to be 1.7m above the floor.
• Roof extensions not to be permitted development in designated areas*.
• Roof extensions, apart from hip to gable ones, to be set back, as far as practicable, at least 20cm from the eaves.

*Designated areas include national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites. Common projects: Loft Conversion

Building Regulations Building regulations approval is required to convert a loft or attic into a liveable space.



Basement and Cellar Conversions

PJA Joinery and Building Services specialize in high quality, bespoke basement and cellar conversions.

In today's modern living environment the requirement for extra space has become essential. Often the costs of extending your home are expensive, time consuming and undoubtedly require planning permission in all cases, providing you with more space internally but ultimately losing precious space externally.

Using only the best quality materials and products available with their specialist teams of installers PJA will take control and oversee the entire project through to completion, including lighting, plumbing, all electrical work and damp proofing. Leaving you with time to relax and enjoy planning the finer decorative detail of your newly created space. PJA undertake a comprehensive service from initial survey to design, dealing with planning permission, structural engineering services and building regulations.

We have our own team of dedicated specialist tradesmen to carry out the groundworks, underpinning, new basement formations, tanking, plastering, joinery, electrics and plumbing.