Transforming your unused roof space

Did you know that around 30% of the available area in your home is up in your roof space? Unused except for storing of boxes or old bits of furniture, your roof space is potentially the most unutilised area within your home. 

Renovating your attic space by doing a loft conversion may also prove cheaper than moving to a new home and is potentially the only option if your section is not large enough to add an extension.

Everyone loves space and with house prices continually rising, now is a great time to capitalise on the equity within your home. Transforming the space between your roof and ceiling into an extra bedroom or living area is becoming increasingly popular because it does not involve growing the physical footprint of your home. Instead it uses some of the existing structures of your building to allow you to add an extra storey to your home.

By moving upwards rather than out, you are not shrinking your existing outdoor living space. With land at a premium nowadays, many homes no longer have the good old kiwi quarter acre and instead have around 400-500sqm of garden. If you have children, enjoy gardening or outdoor entertaining, a smaller garden is not going to be advantageous to you.

An attic conversion helps to increase the value of your home by providing a larger usable area through adding a bathroom, bedroom and ensuite or even a playroom.

Views at street level are generally not impressive, but turning your roof space into an extra room with dormer windows lets you see over the rooftops of your neighbours to those evasive ocean or bush views, which definitely increases the value of your property.

Renovations are not usually weather dependant with attic conversions, especially if the roof itself does not need any alterations. If you are adding windows, your builders can ensure it remains weathertight by careful protective wrapping.

Increase the light into your home by creating open links between your new attic space and the floor below via an open stairway. Rather than just keeping all this extra warmth in one place, by having stairwells or other areas within your floors also sends light to lower rooms too.