Crowthorne RG45
Loft conversion of a detached bungalow, creating a bedroom and shower room in the roof with rooflights, a new staircase from the hall and the existing hipped roof form kept.
29 Rowan Drive in Crowthorne is a detached bungalow with a hipped roof and a conservatory to the rear. The owners wanted another bedroom and bathroom, and the roof space offered the room without extending outwards.
The proposed loft plan shows a bedroom and a shower room within the roof, lit by rooflights. A new stair rises from the hall, taking the place of part of the existing bathroom, which is reorganised on the ground floor plan. The existing and proposed ground floor plans show the change side by side.
Rather than adding large dormers, the conversion keeps the existing hipped roof form, so the bungalow looks almost unchanged from the street. Rooflights on the rear and side slopes provide daylight, and the proposed elevations from all four sides show their positions.
We prepared existing and proposed elevations, existing and proposed floor and loft plans, a block plan, location plan and CIL form for Wokingham Borough Council.
Bungalows often have more roof space than people expect. The key is the height at the centre of the roof and the position of the stair. We measure both early, which tells the owners quickly whether a loft conversion will work or whether roof raising would be needed.
Loft conversions in bungalows are often permitted development, provided the roof volume added stays within the limits and nothing projects beyond the front roof slope. Rooflights alone add very little volume, which makes this kind of scheme straightforward.
The stair is usually the hardest part of a bungalow loft, because it takes floor space on the ground floor. Here it rises from the hall, with the bathroom reorganised around it so no bedroom is lost.
Rowan Drive is in the Wokingham Borough part of Crowthorne. Our loft conversions page lists more examples.
After planning, the loft needs building regulations approval for the floor structure, insulation, fire safety and the stair.
The conservatory at the rear stays as it is, and the proposed elevations show it in relation to the new rooflights. The hipped roof means the rooflights on the side slopes are barely visible from the road.
Adding a bedroom and shower room in the roof is one of the most cost effective ways to increase the size of a bungalow.
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