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Dormer Loft Conversions

The most popular conversion in London. A dormer extends out from your sloping roof to add full head height and real floor space, ideal for a terrace or a semi.

Your roof now What we build

Dormer Loft Conversions built by Loft Life across London and Kent
A dormer conversion by our own team. Every photograph on this site is a job we built.
The detail

What is a dormer loft conversion?

A dormer builds out from the slope of your existing roof to create a box-shaped extension with flat walls and a flat or pitched roof. That change is what gives you full standing height across most of the new room, rather than the cramped headroom a bare loft leaves you with.

It is the conversion most London terraces and semis end up choosing, because it adds the most usable space for the money and suits the majority of roof shapes. On a typical home a rear dormer gives you room for a double bedroom and an en-suite, with proper windows for light.

What you get
  • Adds the most usable floor space of any standard conversion
  • Full standing head height across most of the new room
  • Suits the majority of London terraces and semi-detached homes
  • Often possible under permitted development, so no full planning application
  • Space for a double bedroom and an en-suite bathroom
  • Large windows that fill the room with natural light
How it works

From first visit to finished loft.

Five stages, one named project manager, and a written price before anyone lifts a tool.

1

Free design survey

We visit, measure up, and tell you honestly what your roof allows.

2

Design & planning

Drawings, structural calcs and any planning, all handled in-house.

3

Your fixed price

One clear written quote, itemised, with no hidden extras.

4

We build

Our own team on site and one named project manager, start to finish.

5

Sign-off & guarantee

Building control sign-off and your ten-year guarantee in hand.

What it costs

What a dormer conversion costs.

No two roofs are the same, so treat the range as a starting point rather than a price. The survey is free and the written price that follows it is fixed.

What it depends on
Your roof The type of conversion The spec The finish
Indicative range
£50,000 to £65,000
Get your exact fixed price

An indicative market guide only, not a quote. The cost depends on your roof, the type of conversion, the spec and the finish. After a free survey we give you one fixed written price, with no hidden extras.

Dormer loft conversions

Your questions, answered.

Do I need planning permission for a dormer?

A rear dormer is often allowed under permitted development, but flats, conservation areas and some designs need full permission. We check this for you on the free survey and handle any application.

How much head height does a dormer add?

A dormer gives you full standing height across most of the new room, which is why it is the go-to choice where a plain loft is too low to use.

How long does a dormer conversion take?

Most builds are a matter of weeks rather than months. We give you a firm timeline at survey and keep to it, with one project manager on your job start to finish.

Will a dormer add value to my home?

A well-built loft conversion can add up to twenty percent to the value of your property, as well as the extra bedroom or office you need now.

Can I fit a bedroom and en-suite?

Yes. Most dormers comfortably take a double bedroom and an en-suite, and we design the layout around how you want to use the space.

Semi-detached home with a completed rear dormer loft conversion
One we built

A rear dormer that added a proper double

A semi-detached home where the loft was storing suitcases. A full rear dormer turned it into a double bedroom with its own shower room, and the front of the house is unchanged from the street.

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Where we work

Dormer conversions across London and Kent.

We build dormer conversions right across south east London and the whole of Kent. Thirty two towns, every one of them a job we travel to. If your town is not on the map, ask us anyway.

Southend-on-SeaThurrockRotherWealdenBasildonBrentwoodCastle PointEpping ForestRochfordDoverShepwaySwaleThanetElmbridgeEpsom and EwellMole ValleyReigate and BansteadTandridgeCrawleyMid SussexCity of LondonBarking and DagenhamBarnetBrentCamdenEalingEnfieldHackneyHammersmith and FulhamHaringeyHarrowHaveringHillingdonHounslowIslingtonKensington and ChelseaKingston upon ThamesLambethMertonNewhamRedbridgeRichmond upon ThamesSuttonTower HamletsWaltham ForestWandsworthWestminster Greenwich Loft conversions in Greenwich Loft conversions in Bromley Loft conversions in Dulwich Loft conversions in East Dulwich Loft conversions in Beckenham Loft conversions in Bexley Loft conversions in Chislehurst Loft conversions in Lewisham Loft conversions in Sidcup Loft conversions in Orpington Croydon Loft conversions in Croydon Loft conversions in Peckham Loft conversions in West Wickham Loft conversions in Penge Loft conversions in Erith Loft conversions in Eltham Loft conversions in Petts Wood Loft conversions in Hayes Loft conversions in Hither Green Loft conversions in Mottingham Loft conversions in Charlton Loft conversions in Welling Maidstone Loft conversions in Maidstone Canterbury Loft conversions in Canterbury Sevenoaks Loft conversions in Sevenoaks Tonbridge Loft conversions in Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Loft conversions in Tunbridge Wells Dartford Loft conversions in Dartford Gravesend Loft conversions in Gravesend Rochester Loft conversions in Rochester Loft conversions in Chatham Ashford Loft conversions in Ashford We are here

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South east London Kent 32 towns covered
Your free design survey

Let's see what your loft could become.

Book a free, no-obligation design visit. We will tell you what your roof allows, show you what it could look like, and give you a fixed price. No pressure, no jargon.

  1. Within 24 hours We call you back

    A short conversation about the house and what you are hoping to do. No sales pitch.

  2. About an hour, at your convenience The free design survey

    We measure up and tell you honestly what your roof allows, what it would look like, and what it involves.

  3. A few days later Your fixed written price

    Itemised, with no hidden extras, and a ten-year written guarantee on the finished work.

Book your free survey

We will call you back within 24 hours.

No obligation · Fixed price · 10-year guarantee