Think about how you’re going to get natural light into the space as well. Are you going to put in Velux rooflights? Or a dormer window? Dormer windows are lovely, because they give you extra headroom.
Think about whether you want a shower room, a toilet or en suite in there. What’s the room being used for? Is it a studio? Is it a bedroom? Any additional space is going to add value anyway, whether you call it ‘bedroom number four’ or ‘study space’.
There’s no point in putting a bathroom there if you’re not going to use it, but think about how you’ll use the room in the future, too - if you’ll have more kids, if you want to maximise its value, then putting an extra shower room is great – it’s an en suite bedroom, in effect. But you have got to get the services up there, which is really tricky for lofts.
A word of warning, though: never let your builder put a macerator (a waste disposal unit with a pump) in. Macerators should be banned. Even talking about them makes me feel ill.
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