6 ft / 1.8 m of space under ground floor floorboards - anything I can do to use the space?

[Ricochet J]

Under the floorboards of our bungalow is 6 ft / 1.8 m of empty space.

It's not a cellar.

The reason might be because our road is on a hill. We're at the bottom of the hill. But it seems like all properties on my road are built this way.

Is there anything we can do with the space? Are we allowed to build stairs going to the void, insulate the volume and effectively use it?

Snooker / pool / games room maybe?

 

[Ricochet J]

Hi folks,

Thanks for the replies. I'll see if I can get some pictures once we've moved into the property (sorry - I should have mentioned this in the OP. We haven't moved in yet - waiting to exchange contracts).

To those who were asking - yes it's 6 ft/1.8 m of floor to height void under our floorboards, covering the entire footprint of our bungalow.

 

[Ricochet J]

so what height are you and your household?

I'm 1.78 m tall. Wife a bit shorter.

the only thing it can be used for is storage unless you want to try some of the crazy stuff like digging deeper if foundations allow or raising ground floors if viable. at great expense.

i believe most people tend to just leave it as storage space much like an attic.

Even if it's just storage it means we can move all sorts of crap/clutter to there.

 

[Ricochet J]

As there is literally no access to there, we'll need to install an access hatch somewhere. Thinking about putting it in the spare bedroom.

 

[Ricochet J]

6ft aint too bad for mosty people, especaily with a sofa/tv for a lounge room, i mean honestly how much oif your time in any room other than your ki8tchen and bathroom do you spend standing?

Yep - it's 6ft/1.8m floor to height in the so-called cellar/void space under the floorboards.

Consider most terraced houses which have cellars are around 1.8m.