Yearly archive - 2011

Bedroom Conversion

Bedroom Conversion

Make your attic look more attractive/aesthetically pleasing (fairy lights, furnishings?) for study, bedroom, bathroom/relaxation room, living room, playroom Read more


Feng Shui your loft conversion to create the ideal space

Feng Shui your loft conversion to create the ideal space

You’ve heard the term used, you probably even have an idea of its meaning, but perhaps you’ve never really tried implementing the art of Feng Shui in your own home, let alone in your attic or loft conversion. Read more


Waste of space? Ideas for attic conversions

Waste of space? Ideas for attic conversions

Waste of space? Ideas for attic conversions: An Introduction

When was the last time you actually used your attic or loft for anything?

The immediate clichéd image of a dust ridden, dank space comes creeping to mind; boxes piled high, cobwebs linking the rafters together, Granny’s old blankets, the kids’ old toys, dusty stacks of books and all kinds of junk hidden away promised to never again see the light of day! Read more


Why loft conversions are good for the environment

Why loft conversions are good for the environment

This is the way it is…

The world today is very much focused on issues of preserving and maintaining the environment around us. The growing interest and demand in environmentally friendly products and materials is at an all time high. If you’re ecologically minded and care for the environment as much as we do here at Modern Attics then you might be interested in how you can help minimise the impact of your carbon footprint through loft conversions. Read more


Scary attics – loft conversions are the solution

Scary attics – loft conversions are the solution

Modern Attics are in the business of loft conversions and through our time on the job we have encountered our fair share of attic spaces form the dark and dank to the spacious and inviting. What we have never been able to truly understand is an inherent fear amongst certain people of the attics and lofts in their houses. Read more


Cash in the Attic – Finding fortunes before and during loft conversions

Cash in the Attic – Finding fortunes before and during loft conversions

At Modern Attics we have great experience in loft conversions and attic conversions. What we have discovered over time is just how many amazing or surprising items can be found up in those rafters. Today’s blog is all about identifying the amazing finds that people have discovered when rifling through their attics before or during a loft conversion. Read more


Loft Design for Loft Conversions in London

Loft Design for Loft Conversions in London

Since the implementation of a planning system to bring some order, control and regulation to the rebuilding of our towns and cities following the bomb damage inflicted by the Luftwaffe, our local planning authorities have, over the years, made some very dubious decisions on new development schemes which  influence the very way we live within a community. The urban environment in which we live and work has a direct contribution on our mood, outlook, aspirations and behaviour.   Read more


Roof Styles

Roof Styles

The feasibility and success of any London loft conversion depends largely on the height and pitch of the existing roof. As the local planning authorities of most of the London Boroughs will not normally grant planning permission for roof extensions in London that involve the increase in height of the existing roof unless there are extenuating circumstances, the higher your existing roof is the better. Read more


Be Prepared

Be Prepared

This is the scenario. You have done the hard work by spending many hours researching on the internet about loft conversions London; you have invited London loft conversion companies round to carry out their surveys and quotations and you are spending so much time thinking about your project and picking up so much information as you receive your written estimates you are becoming an expert yourself. Read more


Weather to convert the loft

Weather to convert the loft


A frequently asked question from our customers who are looking for London loft conversions is “when is the best time of the year to carry out a loft conversion; should we wait until the summer?”  Our answer is always that the work can be carried out during any season to suit client circumstances. Read more