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it's a barn conversion and on one side the roof is a bit low at only 2.1m without any insulation. Our architect has said that we may be refused planning if we use this part as normal rooms, but we can use this space by putting non-living rooms at that side, such as bathrooms, walk in wardrobe and even the utility room. We are going to try and dig down, but class q planning says that you must use the existing foundations, even though the barn doesn't have them as such. We must leave the walls which also means that digging down might end up with us needing under pinning. All things to think about. A lot of this is to get the planning, the architect says that we can then put in an amendment to make that part of roof higher by changing the pitch of the roof as the other side is over 3 m.

I have been asked to list each room to say what is living space. So, the snug is 100% living space, but what about the following. Walk in wardrobe ensuite pantry utility bathroom wc office hall just trying to work out size of living space versus size of the whole barn prior to conversion. TIA Jill