Hi AMB, I see your dilemma. I don't have first experience of your situation so I'm not sure if my comments will be of any help but I'm going to be starting a loft conversion too next month and I'm in an edwardian terrace ( one neighbour already has a loft done ). From my experience, it is best to casually speak to your neighbour about your future intentions because when the time comes you will have to ask them to sign a Party Wall Agreement anyway. Just a few questions - Is the dormer side/cheek built right up to the boundary/party wall? If yes and you want to maximise the size of your dormer, do you plan to join your dormer with your neighbour's dormer if they agree to block out window? If neighbour does not allow you to join onto their dormer, you will have to build the dormer 500mm in from Party Wall because the builder needs space to tile the dormer side ( so your loft will not be so wide ). This is the dilemma we had but luckily our neighbours agreed to join onto theirs. You may wish to speak to a builder about this 500mm gap but that it what our architect and builder told us. I'm not an expert on the 'right to light' but if you neighbour already has another window and if you decide to build within your boundary I don't see why it should stop you, I assume you are doing it through the Permitted Development route? Do you also have a chimney stack at the back? Have you met your neighbours? It's a bit of a tricky situation because you haven't bought the property yet and you don't know what they are like. I don't think it matters their window overlooks your roof as they will just get a view your tiles and you can't see into their window, they should have thought about that before they built their dormer. Did they build it a long time ago?

I like your plan 1. Or perhaps your bedroom 4 door could be angled so it goes across to the corner of where your shower is situated. Like Sarah L mentioned, need to consider how you get furniture in/out

Hello again Velvet Interiors. They're going to re-stock the black bedside tables so just wondering if I should so buy the matching chest of drawers? I'm thinking of putting a chest of drawers on the opposite wall where the fitted wardrobes are going to be. What colour should I have the fitted wardrobes sprayed in...white or grey?

Hi! This is a long a complex post! It's hard to know exactly what your question is. If you are looking for help with the layout design then this is something that I can help you with. For the technical questions relating to structural design then yes, as you say, these are best answered by a structural engineer. Getting the layout right for you first and then speaking to the engineer is usually the process that I would go through. I always start off with looking at what it is you want to achieve from the additional space you create. I would also look at upgrading the thermal performance of the roof since you will need to recover the roof anyway. You will need to add in insulation anyway but there are ways of doing it that is much more effective and there are some serious errors that are commonly made that you need to avoid - like cutting holes in the insulation to install inset downlights. You can have a look at how I work and get a copy of my free Design Your Home Vision checklist on my website here: www.i-architect.co.uk best wishes with you project, Jane