Yes - there is! (and I presume that when you say 'back bedroom' you mean bedroom 3...). You have two options: Option 1- Make the new bedroom 5 slightly narrower than the existing bedroom three, include a 600mm wide window to the top left corner of bedroom three with a lean to roof over the study and utility room below. Option 2- Install a louver shutter over the added side window and accompany your application with a letter of justification as well as consent from your neighbours two houses down on the affected side. The consent has to be from the owner of the property so if the houses next to you are rental tenancies you will have to track down the title holders of the property. Another more extensive renovation option would be to add the bedroom next to bedroom 3, accessing it from behind the bathroom wall. This extension will of course also extend downwards and leave you with a walled roof top courtyard between bedroom two and the added bedroom 5, in the space directly outside the bathroom. All bedrooms will have windows facing away from the neighbours and can open onto the courtyard space but as mentioned this is a extensive renovation. Let me know if you need further assistance, I'll be more than happy to advise you further. You can contact me through our site - betterspace.co Good luck, Ed.

A friend of mine has a white glossy porcelain floor and white kitchen and whilst it’s not my taste I’ve got to say it looks great. And although it’s quite shady in her west facing kitchen/living it really is bright in there. Just saying that it does make a lot of difference how reflective and what colour a floor and tables and worktops are. Ps she works and has always got plenty of people in the house and she’s not an obsessive cleaner but it always looks clean. She says it’s the easiest floor she’s ever had.

A quick call to the buildings regs at your council will put your mind at rest but basically I think you are right and I suspect you are a ground floor flat too and the regs are more relaxed if you can escape through a window.

Check the regs- that doesn’t sound like a requirement for a ground floor bedroom