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Whats up with this flat roof?
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akorn77
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I was looking at a property, and noticed half the roof is flat. I've never seen this before on a house, it looks bizarre. Can anyone shed any light on why this might be? Would it cause mortgage problems too?
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Not incredibly unusual, just the way it's designed. Won't cause mortgage problems, just predict surveyors pointing out that flat roofs tend to have shorter lifespans than conventional ones.0
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I'd guess it's just because the house has been extended to the side.Decluttering awards 2025: 🏅🏅⭐️ ⭐️, DH: ⭐️ and one for Mum: 🏅3
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Coud cause insurance problems: many insurance applications ask if more than x% of the roof is flat (30%? 50%? - depends on the insurer).
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It might cost a bit more or eliminate some insurers, but given I don't have problems insuring a 90% flat roof I think this one ought to be ok.canaldumidi said:Coud cause insurance problems: many insurance applications ask if more than x% of the roof is flat (30%? 50%? - depends on the insurer).2 -
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Good spot! Father Christmas is my guessYoungBlueEyes said:Erm is that someone hiding behind the bin on the very far left…?
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YBR said:I'd guess it's just because the house has been extended to the side.
FWIW, it looks like that house got planning consent for a "single and two storey side extension" in 1973 - so I'd guess that's when the flat roof area was created.
(It looks like the extension was to add a garage, enlarge the kitchen, add downstairs toilet, and rearrange upstairs from 3 bed + 1 bath, to 4 bed + 1 bath + 1 shower)
I guess it might have looked slightly better if the flat roof edging wasn't visible from ground level.
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It’s a very common way to construct the roof on very large houses. The reason is that, if the roof continued upwards until it all met at a ridge, it would be extremely high.Take a look on Google Maps satellite view of some particularly wealthy areas, where there are some really large houses, and you will see that they are mostly like that.In your case, they extended the house sideways, but didn’t want to add a few metres to the height of the roof.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?2
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