Loft conversions are a smart way to expand your living space and boost your property value, often costing less than moving home. This makes them especially popular in Hertfordshire, London, Buckinghamshire and Essex, where stamp duty and housing costs are high. Choosing the right loft conversion type is essential to match your home’s style, local planning rules, and budget.
Velux Loft Conversions
Velux conversions are the most affordable and quickest option, requiring minimal roof alterations. They add light with sleek Velux windows, maintaining your home's exterior appearance while creating functional loft space with limited headroom.
Dormer Loft Conversions
Dormer conversions add external dormer windows to increase headroom and natural light. With customisable styles and materials, they blend seamlessly with your home's architecture, providing versatile, spacious loft extensions.
Hip to Gable Loft Conversions
Ideal for detached and semi-detached homes, Hip to Gable conversions reshape the roof ends vertically to create extra space and headroom. Often combined with dormers, they may require planning permission but offer substantial usable space.
Mansard Loft Conversions
Mansard conversions provide the largest, square-shaped loft rooms with maximum headroom and minimal sloping ceilings. These elegant loft extensions require planning permission but deliver luxury, flexible living spaces.
If you’re unsure which loft conversion suits your home, contact Loft Guru for a free evaluation and expert advice tailored to your needs and budget.
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Velux loft conversions are usually the cheapest and fastest to build – they offer a classic loft conversion room without the need to change the shape of the roof.

Dormer loft conversions are one of the most common conversion types. When building this type of conversion, Dormer boxes are attached to the roof to provide light through the windows and a little more headroom where the Dormer meets the roof.

Hip to Gable loft conversions is popular among detached and semi-detached homeowners with a pitched end to their roof. Building a Hip to Gable conversion involves breaking through the ends of the existing roof converting the current slanted walls into vertical walls.

A Mansard loft conversion involves opening up one or more sides of the roof and adding two walls in its place. While the angles aren’t quite 90 degrees, the standard is around 70 degrees so the internal space is more of a standard square rather than the triangular shape associated with loft conversions.