{"id":7428,"date":"2008-03-26T22:31:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T15:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-legally-extend-my-loft\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:10:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T05:10:34","slug":"can-i-legally-extend-my-loft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-i-legally-extend-my-loft\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I legally extend my loft?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nQ I own a one-bedroom flat with loft space in north-west London and, after becoming pregnant last year, looked into getting the loft extended into another room. After agreeing in principle with a company to do the work \u2013 a dorma extension – I informed the freeholder of my intentions, with the expectation of an informal nod of approval. However, after a few weeks he told me that, even though we owned the floorboards and the roof, he, in fact owned the space between them. The original lease for the property was for a three-bedroom house, but when the lease was altered to incorporate the two flats there was no mention of the loft (or the garden for that matter). The ambiguity of the ownership of the loft space appears to be due to the absence of its mention in the new lease. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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