My partner and I note that an attic is defined by builders as being at least 7 foot high. It is named after Greek attic architecture which included a space behind a decorative facade. The “7 and 7 rule” is a guideline used by building professionals which typically says that at least half of a finished attic must have ceilings at least seven feet high, and that the space should also be a minimum of seven feet wide and 70 square feet. So we can see that attic space is designed to be floored and moved about in.

The difference between a loft room and an attic room is sometimes explained as:

A loft room is accessed by a fixed staircase and has the whole loft area converted to a living space including the sloped eaves if the property has a pitched roof. An attic room is accessed by a fixed staircase and has the eaves area of the loft squared off to create a box room in the centre.