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A loft conversion or an attic conversion is the process of transforming an empty attic space or loft into a functional room, typically used as a bedroom, office space, a gym, or storage space. Loft conversions are one of the most popular forms of home improvement in the United Kingdom as a result of their numerous perceived benefits.
Dormer window of the Building of Préfecture de police de Paris (île de la Cité) Gable dormers at Hospices de Beaune in Beaune, France Pair of hip roof dormer windows on the Howard Memorial Hall, Letchworth. A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. [1]
In US usage, a loft is an upper room or storey in a building, mainly in a barn, directly under the roof, used for storage (as in most private houses).In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic, the major difference being that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.
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A loft or mezzanine is also the uppermost space in a building, but is distinguished from an attic in that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft or mezzanine covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor. [citation needed] Attics are found in many different shapes and sizes.
A paired home is two homes that share a wall and have opposite side entries. The whole building is designed to look like one single larger home. Unlike a front to front duplex, the paired home helps provide more privacy for the homeowners. [citation needed]
The loft conversions were more profitable to the landlords than industrial use. [1] By 1977, the New York City Department of City Planning found that 91.5 percent of the conversions were illegal [ 2 ] and 44.9 percent of those lofts were occupied by heads of households who were artists. [ 3 ]
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