Bungalow Dormer Conversion — Extra Bedroom in the Roof
A semi-detached bungalow gained a full pitched-roof dormer, creating a usable first-floor room where there had only been loft space.
At a glance.
- Project type
- Dormer Loft Conversion
- Property type
- Residential
- Area
- Greater Manchester
- Status
- Completed Project
Scope of work
This semi-detached bungalow had a generous roof void doing nothing but storing boxes. The owners wanted a proper room upstairs without losing garden space to an extension, so a pitched dormer to the rear-facing roof slope was the sensible route.
Because a bungalow roof is not designed to carry a habitable floor, the job started below the tiles rather than above them: scaffold up, roof opened out, and a steel beam with new engineered floor joists installed to take the load independently of the existing ceiling structure.
From there the dormer was framed, sheathed and made weather-tight quickly to protect the inside of the property, then finished externally so that it reads as part of the original house rather than a bolt-on.
What the customer needed solving
The roof space was tall enough to stand in but had no structural floor, no natural light and no safe access — so a large part of the property's usable footprint was wasted, and a ground-floor extension would have eaten into the driveway and garden.
How it finished
The bungalow now has a genuine first-floor room with a window looking out over the road, and the new roof and cladding have tidied up the whole front elevation at the same time — one visit, two visible improvements.
What this project delivered.
Extra living space
An unused loft void became a full first-floor room, adding usable floor area without building out into the garden or driveway.
Improved natural light
The new dormer window brings daylight into a space that previously had none, so the room works as habitable space rather than storage.
Increased property functionality
The layout of the bungalow now spans two floors, freeing up ground-floor rooms for other uses.
Quality workmanship
Structural steel and engineered joists, treated timber framing and a full matching re-tile — carried out by our own in-house joinery, roofing and building teams.
The transformation.
Every stage.
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- Response within 24 hours