Loft conversions on London Roof

[Vikki O]

Hi, does anyone in SE22 have, or know anyone who has had a loft conversion onto a london / butterfly roof?

I've been told it's possible, planning is more than likely to be refused but good chance of success on appeal (how that works I have no idea -who benefits financially from that??!)

It'd be great to get advice/feedback from anyone who has been down this road... thanks!

[computedshorty]

Look here.

http://www.houzz.com/butterfly-roof

[Vikki O]

thanks, if only I lived in a house like that.. :-)

[Huguenot]

I'm guessing they get rejected initially because they demonstrate all the aesthetic intelligence of sawing your own foot off just to be different.

They then get passed on appeal on the grounds that if it's that important to you then go for your life. We all know that if everyone had a butterfly roof you'd want a hip and gable one.

;-)

[Jeremy]

Can't imagine it being accepted, wouldn't it stick out like a sore thumb?

[red devil]

If the work can be done within Permitted Development rights then it won't get rejected, no matter how 'aesthetically challenging' the end result is...

[Jeremy]

If this is what I'm thinking (like the houses on Fenwick Rd with V-shaped roofs), there's no way this can be done under permitted development.

[Gidget]

Boatloads on Nutfield Road now.

[Huguenot]

I can't quite imagine how you get a butterfly roof onto a Victorian terraced house without it looking ridiculous, nor why you would want to put it there.

[Lisleen]

Vikki - trying to find out about the same thing - have PM'ed you.