The Telegraph carries a useful guide - by dishy designer Paula and agent orange Phil Robinson - to making the most of your loft conversion. Since the loft conversion must be up there competing with the side return for the title of most popular London extension (if anybody happens to actually know which is more popular...), I'd class this as a must read. In fact - I had the loft converted in my previous house in Hammersmith, and the Robinsons have made me realise how unimaginative I'd been in terms of design. Read it here.

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