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IF your home has a cellar - as many in towns and cities do - you’re probt ably using it as storage, but it could be much more useful — and valuable — as living space.


When you’re starting; to outgrow


your home, a cellar convereion can be a great way to make it bigger, without


having to go to the hassle and expense of moving. There are a couple of obvious prob­


lems with cellar conversions - lack of light and head height. These can be im­ proved, but cellars are never going to be the lightest,-tallest spaces.


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and Idtchens; because the latter work best when they’re lighUiid bright.


Few cellars have enough head height as they are, as the ceiling should be at


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least 2.4m (8ft) from the floor. This usually means digging down below the existing floor level and removing a lot of earth - an experisiye and laborious task that can reveal hidden probleihs.: ’ ;/ Converting a cellar is difScult if the


house’s foundations prove to be shal­ low. If this is the. case with yours, you’ll r have to get the house undeipinned, ' which isn’t cheap, although, some cel- ' lar-conversion cothpanies-do thisiaSs av?; matter of course. ’ ' 7 ^


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but these can usually be moved. Rather than digging down, you may find it eas­ ier to have the iSoors raised in the rooms above the cellar, providing the ceilings in those fpoms are high enough. ; Another problem with cellar conver­


sions is making them watertight, so it’s really importanf to get a reputable com­ pany or companies to do the work. - 7 i.You7 can either employ an architect


.tp draw up plans for the conversion (in consultation with a structural engineer) and a builder to do the work, or you can


get a cellar-conversion company to do everything.


I f you do use a builder, it’s a good


idea to use a specialist darap-proof- ing company, too, because you don’t


want to risk the conversion springing a leak. Planning permission is usually re-


^ quired for; cellar conversions - ask 'your local council’s planning depart­ ment about this—not least because they usually involve a light well being dug: in the' front garden. Your architect or'


It may not be the most obvious way to enlarge your home, but converting the cellar can have lots o '


cellar-conversion company should be able to help you apply for planning. Like all major building projects,


conversions must comply with build­ ing regulations. The council’s building control department will want to check on the work as it progresses to ensure it complies and will have to sign it off at the end to make it legal. You may also require permission


from the freeholder (if you live in a le^ehold property), and from your neighbours (if the cellar conversion involves a wall or boundary you share with them) so that you comply with the Party Wall Act.


A cellar below your home’s footprint will take around 12 to 24 weeks to con-


, vert, plus a few ihonths for the plan- ; ning stages. The cost should be from ; around £3,300 per sqm, depending on what’s involved.


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