Need advice asap before I purchase this property!
I am thinking of buying a Victorian cottage but before I do I would very grateful for any advice.
As you can see from the floor plan you have to go through bedroom 2 to get to the 3rd bedroom and bathroom. Do you think it's possible to put in a corridor so there is no longer a need to go through bedroom 2?
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6 years agoIf you put a bathroom in bed two then there is room for a landing when you build the loft conversion
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoYou can absolutely put the corridor in on Bed 2, we have a house that we've done exactly that with. Bedroom 3 needs to be converted back to a family bathroom - or a bedroom with the bathroom moved back downstairs to where the conservatory is:-
If you don't want to go downstairs to the bathroom, then you probably need to go in to the loft if the roof height allows. One of the ways of doing this is to make a hallway in bedroom 1 and go over the existing stairs. You make (probably ) bed 2 the bathroom, revert bed 3 and the shower room to just a nice big bedroom and get a bed and bath ( possibly ) in the loft:-
You can't put a corridor in bed 3 it's simply not big enough. Besides which, a 3 bed house with 1 small shower room is not sufficient for purpose.
You could also have a nice 2 bed with 2 en-suites
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6 years agoHello everyone
This is the shape of the roof for this house. Can anyone offer an advice or idea as to whether or not a loft conversion can be done or would I be better off seeing if a double height extension is possible. Essentially I need an additional 2 bedrooms.
Grateful for any ideas or advice
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago chief_brody
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6 years agoHi Lola,
I like the sketches "Man about the house" did, these show a simple corridor.
The issue may be that the thickness of the wall takes off the room and it creates a very dark corridor.
I had an almost identical problem on a recent project so I did a glass wall with sliding glass doors. This saved space and allowed loads of light into the hall area. I also added full length curtains behind the glass for privacy obviously.
Here is a picture of the room when it was finished.
ROOM BEFORE:
ROOM AFTER:
Hope that helpsRegards,
Martin
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