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Problem with upstairs layout!

10 years ago

Hi everyone

Please can you help me with the upstairs layout of this property. You currently have to go through two bedrooms in order to get to the bathroom! Has anyone got any ideas on how this could be solved?

It needs to remain a 3 bedroom property, with decent sized bedrooms. I think bedroom 3 is maybe a little small as the left side would forever need to be clear for a walkway to the bathroom. I have stared at the plan for hours and just cannot fathom a way to create 3 good sized bedrooms and a bathroom without losing space and spending a fortune!! Any ideas would be welcomed :) I suppose a downstairs toilet in the utility area would help avoid sending guests through bedrooms but whoever is in bedroom 3 will still forever be frustrated by family members coming through the room to have a bath.

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Jonathan
10 years ago
Assuming the budget will stretch I would put an internal bathroom in the middle bedroom, have a kitchen sized bedroom where the current bedroom/bathroom is and then put a bedroom in the attic
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Arq-A Interiors Limited
10 years ago
I can understand your frustration, there's no obvious solution without reconfiguring the whole floor at large expense. The problem lies in the fact the stairs are on the other side to the narrower back of the house, leaving this inaccessible unless you go through the middle bedroom. I've sketched up the most obvious solution (and cheapest) however you would still have to go through bedroom 2 to access bedroom 3 and it leaves you with a small bathroom (and a peculiar shape!), you would also have to lose the window in the middle bedroom. Hopefully this can be food for thought though. Can you let me know your email address and I'll send the plan over, for some reason I can't attach it to this message! Best regards, Caroline.
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10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Having done a few of these in my time, i can say, unless you want to go to major construction, the short answer is, 'No'. Unfortunately the way your bathroom is upstairs is on the 'wrong' side of the house to provide a good alternative. You will probably find that your neighbours house is easier changed as their bathroom comes up on the right side. Whatever you do, you will end up making the second bedroom much smaller. You have to take down the chimney stacks whatever you do, and unless you are able to put a solid roof on the conservatory, build over the top to create more space, you would be ending up with 3 small bedrooms, or two small bedrooms, a mediocre bedroom and a narrow bathroom. Plans 1 & 2 show these examples. Plan 3 is the only logical solution to improving the house that would be worth doing as it would add value and not diminish the spaces too much that you already have. It creates an upstairs worth having, a lovely sized master bedroom and a good size family bathroom.

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