Layout ideas should I move the staircase
rachrobinson87
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Moving the stairs??? Help!!
Comments (1)Answers below:- in capitals Remove bedroom 1 wall (likely structural) and insert RSJ (£1000) - MAY WELL NOT BE STRUCTURAL ON THE FIRST FLOOR - BUDGET TOO LOW, INCREASE BY AT LEAST £500 Remove and cover floor opening of old stair case (£400) - BUDGET TOO HIGH, SHOULDN'T COST MUCH AT ALL Buy and fit new stair case inc Bannister and rails (£600) - BUDGET TOO LOW POSSIBLY - ROUGHER COST WOULD BE £1000 Move plumbing for upstairs bathroom (bathroom suite is in good condition) and re-fit bathroom (£2000) - OK Insert new plasterboard walls with electrical components such as light switches and plastering walls (3600) - SOUNDS A LOT, WE DID A WHOLE HOUSE FOR THAT Tiling both new bathroom and ensuite (£1750) - OK! All in all i think this would make a house with three fairly decent sized double bedrooms and one small double. one family bath and one en-suite. AGREE Also does anyone have any idea if this would add value and if so how much? - CANNOT POSSIBLY TELL - YOU'D NEED TO TAKE THE ADVICE OF A LOCAL ESTATE AGENT AS ALL INCREASES ARE PROPERTY AND AREA DEPENDANT....See MoreMoving stairs to create space! Is it a good idea?
Comments (7)Something like this could be another option. Depending on the age of the property and judging by the layout of your house I think this might have been the original location of the stairs. You would lose a little space in the kitchen tho, depends if this is a priority. Bed 3 would need a window as well as I don't see one indicated on your plan. Quite possible that you would need planning for this or at least compliance to building regs. I'd get a builder in first to look at feasibility and a rough estimate of cost and try to get something in writing. Armed with this info then speak to your local authorities planning department....See MoreShould I box in my open staircase and how to create an entrance
Comments (4)The front door is central to the house. Straight in to the lounge. These images show how it looked before I moved in. I have a console table where the bookcase used to be creating a handy place to put keys. My sofa is perpendicular to the console table creating a zone to walk in. I am waiting for a carpenter to design a cupboard to store coats and boots etc. on the wall where the console table currently resides. I've looked at pony walls, kind of half wall half open frame to separate the areas, and pondered about a low book case behind the sofa to create a more defined entrance. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. In the winter this place looks cozy but in reality is very cold. There is a log burner which is topped up by a LPG central heating. There are two victorian cast iron radiators that generate a bit of heat. Most of this warmth escapes directly up the stairs. It has a stunning vaulted ceiling above with draughty but original windows. I had a thought that it would be a good idea to have a small door at the bottom of the stairs and tongue and groove panelling around the staircase. This would mean filling in the floating stairs and then I could have more storage by way of a cupboard under the stairs. The carpenter suggested incorporating a glazed window opposite the existing windows, there are two in the stairwell at the moment. I also thought a thermal curtain at the bottom of the stairs might help prevent the heat escaping. It's a stunning home and we are very happy here but it does get messy very quickly so I am desperate to create some additional storage to hide all the mess away. Thanks in advance. I'll get some images of the stair well and current set up to illustrate how it looks right now....See MoreAdvice: Moving hot water cylinder & moving/replacing stairs
Comments (0)We're in the process of buying our first house (late 19th-century semi-detached). There a two major things we want to do: 1. Move the stairs to the attic - they come up into the middle of the room, meaning that we lose valuable space. Also, there are some slanting issues in the floor, which our surveyor says will be rectified if we put new stairs with the head at the highest level of the attic floor - the spiral staircase should help with this. To do this, I think we should make the bathroom smaller - using the space where the shower currently is, to be where the new stairs would be. 2. Move the hot water cylinder - at the moment the cylinder takes up a lot of room in the bathroom. If we move the stairs, this will then leave some space in the hall which I think would make a good airing cupboard. The cylinder is relatively new with factory fitted insulation and in good condition, therefore it might be most cost-efficient to keep and just move. Any advice would be most welcome! Roisin This is our current first and attic plan (the attic does have more windows, but for some reason, they're not included in this rendering!). How we potentially envisage the new plan:...See Morerachrobinson87
5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoPresumably if you leave the stairs in the current position you will have to have a nib of wall (likely 1m long) in the garage to support it which in turn compromises the space. Since some cars are nearly 5m long this would mean that the extra space that you are building may not be useable. Personally I would be looking to move the stairs.
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5 years agothanks for your quick response. I see what you mean about the support, it is in the garage now and does take up some garage space, however I feel that the garage is going to be extremely large and I would rather sacrifice a little garage space. I attach one of our previous plans that we didn't go ahead with to extend the garage width and length. The dimensions are the same as what we obtained permission for, we just went two storey instead of single.
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