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Installing a skylight roof is a great way to inject natural light and infuse a home with brightness. As it can be a relatively costly affair, you want to make the right choices for your space. A skylight roof not only brings in more light and illuminates darker spaces, but it also adds value and character to your house’s aesthetic.
Imagine stepping into a dark, dingy home. It wouldn’t matter what else it had going for it; the lack of natural light would be somewhat off-putting. Now, picture setting foot into a bright space with plenty of natural light pouring in from all directions. The impact of natural light on how you feel about the property would be significantly more positive, even if the house had other limitations.
This article was inspired by a piece by The Modern House on the Importance of Light for House and Garden.
Let’s face facts – a home with more natural light is a much nicer place to live. That’s why homeowners and homebuyers list it as one of their main features. With more light, your home will not only look and feel bigger, it will also help promote a healthier sense of wellbeing.
Instead of building to the side or back of your home, why not gain extra space by building down? Our renovation of a large Neo-Georgian detached property in Templewood Avenue included two single-storey extensions on the ground floor. But, in paying respect to the architectural setting, the majority of the project actually centred below what your eye can see – with the expansion and refurbishment of the basement area.
Light can have a profound effect on our wellbeing, but it’s something that many of us are lacking in small London homes. As a lot of us work and live indoors, we simply aren’t able to spend a significant amount of time outdoors soaking up that vitamin D. In addition to this, poor internal light conditions mean we don’t get the benefits associated with good lighting. As a result, your wellbeing can suffer and you may not even realise why.
Having as much natural light as possible is the number one feature people look for when buying or building their family home. By flooding your home with natural light you create a space that feels bigger and brighter, and research also shows the link between natural light and well-being. At XUL Architecture our aim is to bring as much natural light into architecture as possible. Here are our top 7 ways you can get more natural light into your home.