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I think it is a problem. It makes no practical difference to the square footage of their place - it just raises the ceiling height in the loft extension which is mostly an aesthetic improvement but only internally. Everyone else has to look at it.
Unless they stuffed it insulation but probably not.
Howard-
On those shallow pitch roofs it could be the difference between being able to do a usable conversion (therefore adding a bedroom and an en-suite) or simply leaving it as storage space.
Others might just have to look at it, they have to live there?The neighbours have just had their options opened up for doing it too.
Roof pitch has been changed to avoid having a vertical wall coming up from the original ridge line, and firewalls changed to accommodate this.
Not pretty, but if done competently not crime of the century either?.
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it just raises the ceiling height in the loft extension which is mostly an aesthetic improvement
It makes a big difference if you're bumping your head in the ceiling.
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Lack of page refresh. Golly, what a lot has been said.
Dugtheslug
NotThamesWater
It is very much taking the piss, especially with those firewalls. And it’s breaking the rules.
But I’ve seen worse.
And in this day and age of (apparently) limited housing supply, is it really that much of a problem? Should we be discouraging people from slightly enlarging their homes albeit in a slightly cheeky way?
It’s not like it’s on top of an extraordinary architectural delight or some rural fantasy.