loft space

Room under rafters

Loft space is the area beneath a roof, typically used for storage or converted into living quarters.

In residential contexts, it often refers to an attic or the upper portion of a building with high ceilings and open floor plans: They converted the loft space into a home office.

The term also appears in real estate to describe desirable urban apartments in former industrial buildings.

Opposites
vertical position in building

loft spacebasement

Subterranean building level

cellar · crawl space · bunker · wine cellar · root cellar

floor level

loft spaceground floor

Lowest building level

basement level · subfloor · garden level · first floor

architectural openness

loft spacewarren

Interconnected underground tunnels

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G