{"id":408069,"date":"2026-02-04T11:26:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/texnikh_vivliothiki\/questions-about-attics-and-lofts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:26:03","slug":"questions-about-attics-and-lofts","status":"publish","type":"texnikh_vivliothiki","link":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/texnikh_vivliothiki\/questions-about-attics-and-lofts\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions about attics and lofts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-tile&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Questions about attics and lofts[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-img&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-text&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Question:<\/strong><br \/>\nIf the total area of the loft is greater than 10% of the permitted building area, but less than 70% of the underlying floor, does the loft count entirely towards the building coverage, or is an area equal to 10% of the permitted building coverage deducted and the remainder counted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe NOK stipulates that 10% of the floor area does not count towards the building area for the loft, but it does not state that we can only build 10% of the building area as an internal balcony (loft). There is a restriction that the internal balcony must be 70% of the subject area. So if you have 15% of the total floor space in the building, for example, 5% counts towards the building&#8217;s floor area.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The above texts are from the books of fellow civil engineer Pantelis Papakonstantinou and are available for purchase at the following link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advice4u.gr\/products.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.advice4u.gr\/products.html<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-tile&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Questions about attics and lofts[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-img&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; el_id=&#8221;eidhseis-text&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Question: If the total area of the loft is greater than 10% of the permitted building area, but less than 70% of the underlying floor, does the loft count entirely towards the building coverage, or is an area equal to 10% of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22297,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-408069","texnikh_vivliothiki","type-texnikh_vivliothiki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/texnikh_vivliothiki\/408069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/texnikh_vivliothiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/texnikh_vivliothiki"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/texnikh_vivliothiki\/408069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408071,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/texnikh_vivliothiki\/408069\/revisions\/408071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cityengineering.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}