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Rooflight and dormer loft conversions across Sunderland, including single-storey Sunderland cottages. Designed, approved and built by our own trades.
Converting the loft is usually the cheapest way to add a bedroom or office without losing the garden. We handle it end to end: survey, drawings, structural calculations, building control, the build, electrics, plumbing, plastering and finishes.
Our joiners, electricians and plasterers all work for ATKINSONS, so there's one programme and one manager from the first steel to the final coat of paint.
We tell you at the free survey whether rooflights will do or you need a dormer, and whether planning permission is likely.
Sunderland is one of the few places in the country where people convert the loft of a single-storey house. Sunderland cottage roofs are often shallow, so a rear dormer is usually what gives proper head height, and fitting a staircase into a narrow cottage takes careful design. Our Sunderland cottage guide covers this in detail.
Planning and building control are handled by Sunderland City Council. Rear dormers are often permitted development, but front dormers facing the street and properties in conservation areas such as parts of Ashbrooke need permission.
Our customer service centre is at North Sands Business Centre in Monkwearmouth, and our vans are across Wearside every day. Planning and building control are handled by Sunderland City Council.
The people on your job work for ATKINSONS. One firm accountable for the lot.
A named Contracts Manager from first visit to final certificate.
Real people answer, day or night. Engineers dispatched, not job numbers logged.
In writing, in plain English. No surprises in the small print.
Tell us the work, the property, your timescale and budget through our quick form, and upload any plans or photos. Everything in one place from the start.
We review what you've sent and decide the best next step, whether that's pricing straight away or sorting drawings, planning or building control first.
Where it's needed, we come and look properly: access, structure, levels and anything affecting the cost. Your chance to ask questions before we quote.
A clear, transparent quote setting out what's included, assumed and excluded, with a payment structure. Confidence in what you're accepting, not a one-line price.
Once you're happy, we sort dates, materials, access and building control before anyone lifts a tool, so the job runs smoothly on site.
Our team arrives clear on the agreed scope, keeps the site tidy, communicates as we go and respects your home throughout.
Yes. It usually needs a rear dormer for head height and a carefully planned staircase. We measure at the free survey and tell you what's possible.
A rear dormer within permitted development limits often doesn't. Front dormers and conservation areas usually do. We check and handle any application.
Most take six to ten weeks on site, depending on the design.
It depends on the type. Our loft conversion cost guide gives North East ranges, and we fix the price after the survey.
If steels go into the wall you share with next door, yes. We serve the notices as part of the job.
Fill this in and one of the team rings you back, usually within one working day. Prefer to talk now? Call 0191 369 2405, manned 24/7.
Whatever the brief, the route in is the same: ring us, we'll visit, we'll come back with a fixed price in plain English. Free site visits across Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle.
Or email enquiries@atkinsonsgroup.co.uk
No call-out charge for quotes. Fixed prices, in writing.
