Loft Conversions

Horizon81

When viewing houses, I often see descriptions like 'loft currently being used as an office by current sellers' or 'useful loft room'. I've always thought this is because they've boarded out the loft, stuck a velux window in there but not actually done a proper conversion - i.e. they've not reinforced the floor, complied with building regs etc.

I've just seen a house I'm interested in where the agent has advertised the converted loft as another bedroom, which leads me to believe it has formally been converted and done correctly. How would I find this out? Is there any way of being able to check?

And what work is involved in properly converting a loft - is the whole floor replaced? Supporting beams fitted?

And from a council tax band point of view, would this cause a potential increase in banding, like with extensions?

Cheers :beer:

InkZ

Just ask if it has building regs. If it's a deal breaker then ask to see them before you offer. Your conveyancer should pick all this up once the process has started.

taxsaver

Horizon81 wrote: »

And from a council tax band point of view, would this cause a potential increase in banding, like with extensions?

Cheers :beer:

If it was done by the current occupiers then yes, on sale of the property the council tax band will be reviewed and might increase.