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I have no intention of doing a 'dodgy' or 'unofficial' loft conversion. I'm very concerned with maintaining structural and material integrity. No wobbly floor, no interstitial condensation. Consideration of fire safety. Building regulations.
Basically I have a space up there that 1. isn't used, not even for storage because it gets so hot and cold that everything would get ruined and covered in crap, and 2. adding an opening rooflight would enable much better ventilation in the summer. I don't need 2 extra bedrooms or a bathroom or whatever, just considering whether that space can be part of the house and not just a weird large unusable volume sitting at the top of it. Fancy storage basically. Another option is to put in an opening roof light over the stair and break up through the loft to reach it, ignoring the rest. I'm guessing the bigger job is at least 10 years away because I'm going to spend all my money in the next couple of years insulating all over the place and fixing the bathroom. Possibly by then I'll have decided to covert the hip into a gable, extend the stair, add a master bedroom, ensuite, etc I just don't see any need for it now or in the near future.