Recovering an attic

Recovering an attic. Legislation in force. National standards. Regional. Project. Tax deductions. New superbonus 110%.

When drawing up the project to enlarge the square footage and therefore the usable spaces in the house, recover an attic becomes an excellent idea, allowing in this way to closely follow the work and make livable an area of ​​the house that had been neglected until that moment.

For example, when children get older and require more independence, obtain a kind of little apartament it allows them to start living a different life experience, without having to weigh on their (and yours too) pockets.

The room for the big child, the need to set up a room as a study or small office or simply the room for their hobbies, can become reality with the recovery of an attic, little cared for over the years and used as a simple deposit.

Recovering an attic: legislation

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The first step to take when you intend recover an attic is to know well the legislation in force in the field.

It begins with the correct definition of attic:

Environment of a building between the top floor slab and the roof. It can be understood as a synonym for attic and, sometimes, synonymous with attic but only when habitable.

Therefore also a non habitable attic it can become, as long as some fundamental requirements are met.

National standards

The standards national standards in force lay down some points to be respected in terms of size: theminimum height from floor to ceiling must be of 2.70 meters for liveable environments, 2.4 meters for utility rooms, such as bathrooms, corridors, and only closets or closets can have lower heights.

In mountain municipalities that are over 1000 meters high, exceptions are allowed, with the ceiling that can be no less than 255 centimeters high.

Regional rules

At the level regional are provided specific rules which dictate further parameters, being able to regulate more clearly on the basis of knowledge of the territory.

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The Regions have thus introduced the concept an innovative parameter, called average weight height which is calculated by dividing the volume of the part of the attic whose height exceeds the minimum by the relative surface.

In this case it is better to rely on an expert technician who can calculate exactly, avoiding making mistakes.

Recovering an attic: project

The idea of ​​recovering an area of ​​the house that was previously uninhabitable must go hand in hand with a project that takes into account the compliance with sanitation constraints national legislation, regional laws and municipal building regulations.

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The project it must therefore be drawn up by a licensed professional, architect or geometry for example.

Recovering an attic: tax bonuses

As part of the works of renovation of an attic to make it habitable, the economic effort incurred can be reduced by taking advantage of a series of tax breaks that allow in this way not to weigh excessively on the wallet.

If you proceed to make the attic habitable, then the 50% restructuring bonus allows you to deduct 50% of the amount spent from the IRPEF, in 10 annual installments of the same amount.

If then, you take the opportunity to carry out works that allow you to improve energy efficiency, such as installing solar panels and the insulation of the walls, then you can take advantage of the Ecobonus which allows the recovery of up to 65% of the costs incurred.

To help the attic recovery projects, obtaining nice attics without having to proceed with new buildings, came the Super bonus 110%, big and important news of the year that allows the taxpayer and not only, to intervene by exploiting a much more advantageous rate.

In this regard, through an appeal to the Revenue Agency, it was thus clarified which facilitation can be obtained based on the type of intervention. Precisely:

• Superbonus 110% as a driving intervention when the thermal insulation interventions of the external opaque vertical surfaces and roof reconstruction carried out for an uninhabitable attic, are related to a building stacked as a home
• Superbonus 110% as towed interventions for the installation of a photovoltaic system, the replacement of existing winter air conditioning systems with systems for heating, cooling and the supply of domestic hot water, replacement of windows and doors of the instant property, provided they are carried out on a part of a building already existing and registered as a home
• 50% deduction with roof of maximum expense equal to 96,000 euros, only and only if the renovation of the attic involves the demolition of the existing walls and the reconstruction of new walls for internal redistribution of the premises.

Recovering an attic: photos and images

Take advantage of an available space in the attic of the house and keep it unused for years. Taking a look at the rich gallery of images, the imagination in wanting to design the room of wishes will surely be aroused.