Nicole1

Hi. My husband and I are renovating and extending a 1960's bungalow. We've added a large flat roof extension on the back and are planning to convert the existing garage and add a new integral garage. These are both also currently planned to be flat roof, but that will mean that the property is more flat roof than pitched (even if you exclude the new integral garage). I recently read that this means the house will be deemed "not of standard construction", which may make it difficult to mortgage, to insure and therefore the property value will be affected. I asked my mortgage company to confirm if this is a problem and whether we could avoid it if we pitched the roof on the garage conversion, and they said they can't comment until I remortgage (by which time it'll be too late to change it!) Can anyone advise on whether this is a real concern and whether there is any relevant guidance I can read, or a professional who i could engage to advise (is this something a surveyor would deal with, for example). Many thanks