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My concern was mainly the heating implications of having absolutely nothing above the living room/bedroom ceiling for a significant amount of time. I'm not particularly averse to the cold but don't fancy having to run the CH 24/7 to prevent the place from freezing. Am fully expecting the neighbour to object to the scaffolding, but they never use the side return anyway.
Also, realise we've discussed the merits of pediments before. I noticed on google maps that the construction of them differs quite significantly from street to street. Here they're the full height of the roof which hopefully makes the internal space more useable.
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Good point. Can't say I noticed any difference when it was done, I think the old roof came off and the new one on pretty quickly but I was a lot less sensitive about heating prices then so maybe just didn't notice. Wonder if I still have thermostat data from then.
I had scaffolding in the back garden as well as side return so you may want to check that.
Yes, there's quite a variety when you look at them on satellite view, sometimes even on the same street. Mine was a smaller one that didn't go right back to the ridge. I saw this yesterday on a very expensive (£1.65m!) listing on Mattison if you're looking for something to do with it ...
aggi
I had mine done over winter. Over the Christmas break it snowed which means that when it melted the water got everywhere. Fortunately we were redecorating the hallway but would have been a bit annoying otherwise.
On the other hand, for downstairs it meant that the scaffolding in the back garden wasn't up when they'd want to use the garden during the summer.
Roof terrace should make a massive difference to the flat.