Thanks for your reply, we are going to consult a loft specialist on Monday to see what can be done with the loft, it is W trusses, however the people we did speak to did say that the roof doesnt need to come off but structural steels will be required to take the load of the roof.  We did consider opening the landing window and having a room off the back of the house, but the distance between the two bedroom windows is only about 3m so we were worried that the internal dimension of the new room w