Bathroom upstairs? Conservatory vs garden space?.
Hi all
I am purchasing a 3 bedroom semi detached property though have three dilemmas.
1) The bathroom is currently downstairs and would like to move it upstairs but no idea where to put it.
2) Any suggestions on what to do with the old downstairs bathroom once it has been moved upstairs?
3) The property has a large conservatory that takes up the majority of the rear garden. The garden is small for, what I intend to be, a family home. Should I remove the conservatory to make space for a larger garden?
Would love to hear any suggestions/ideas on overall design!
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Comments (19)I'd go for option 5 for upstairs as you can make the attic room into a bedroom further down the line. I wouldn't want a windowless bathroom and it'd be easier to run plumbing directly over the former bathroom. Honestly speaking, £11k is not going to cover the upstairs bathroom and kitchen unless you're very handy and are going to do most if this yourself. Even then a new kitchen will blow that budget. I would do the upstairs bathroom and use whatever you have left to rip out the old bathroom suite, lay some lino and have a WC / utility room with the hopes of a bigger renovation of the kitchen/dining/lean-to space further down the line....See Morehow to move staircase without losing too much space upstairs
Comments (3)LR/DR you have the chimney stack to remove too. Have you considered leaving the living room as is - a front room/snug/tv room and opening up the dining/kitchen instead? i.e. so your front room is always that calm escape even when you dont want to tidy the kitchen, and the back area is a large kitchen/diner - working/task type environment? If the shower room would move into the corner (where utility is now) you could open up the kitchen/conservatory a bit too? - perhaps a separate project....See MoreMoving bathroom upstairs .. where to put it!!
Comments (4)Humm, what a difficult decision. I think perhaps you need a couple of agents to value it as it stands now as a 3 bed with downstairs bathroom vs a 2 bed with upstairs bathroom and more downstairs space. That will give you some idea if you will lose a lot of money just making it suitable for you and a good starting point. As a buyer - with no kids. I would rather have 2 bed and bathroom upstairs than the current setup. If I had children then that might change but do I want kids traipsing downstairs in the middle of the night to get to the toilet? Probably not either. I've found whatever you do, someone will want it different and if you are definately staying there for a few years and it doesn't devalue it much then you will gain the value back in enjoying your house more. Location wise - if you go with moving it upstairs, you might want to use the bedroom over the current kitchen for ease of plumbing as they will save money in the long run. If you keep it downstairs then you could look at moving the kitchen to the end so you have garden views and put the bathroom at the back of the old kitchen. If you could then squeeze at least a wc upstairs out of the smaller room (at the entrance so you don't cut up much of the bedroom) then that could work for having a wc in the night....See MoreHelp on where to move the bathroom please
Comments (5)An unfashionable view I think, but I don't like the view from front to back designs. I like the back feeling more private and, for extensions, love the wow factor of opening a door to an extension where the type of house leads you to expect something less impressive. So I'd be another vote for working with the current bathroom location, albeit for a different reason. Also, I suspect only having a cloakroom instead of a downstairs bathroom wouldn't meet building regs as there's a rule about not reducing accessibility plus having bathrooms on every floor with bedrooms increases property value/saleability....See MoreNicole Foster
3 years ago
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3 years agoWe are also planning a loft conversion and a ground floor extension (both still pending planning permission), but ours houses are quite different in terms of layout so it would not be relevant in your case.
However I have a couple of links that may help you for a small kitchen extension idea:
https://www.westburygardenrooms.com/case-studies/orangery/
(This one is quite large in term on width but not very deep)For the velux loft conversion, it would depend a lot of your current roof space but here some images to give you an idea.
Ideally, you would want to place the new staircase above the current staircase, taking a bit of space from bedroom 1.Hope this help to give you some ideas :)
Nicole Foster
3 years agoWumi
3 years agoYou pretty much have an identical house to me!
When we bought the house we had two bathrooms - the original downstairs one and a new one installed upstairs which had been created by reducing the master. We got rid of the downstairs one and installed a utility room and WC and have plans of eventually extending the kitchen to the side.
Since you already have a conservatory, I would personally just reduce the size so you have enough space for a kitchen/dining, install some insulated walls and claim back some garden space.
Nicole Foster
3 years agoWumi
3 years agoWe’re semi-detached and live on a grove so have side access to garden. We can park a car down the side of the house.
alyson38
3 years agoYou’ve got lots of good ideas there already but just to add a different perspective... What about replacing the conservatory with a shallower (say 2.5m) two storey extension? Turn downstairs bathroom into WC and utility. Keep lots of glass in the extension and use for dining or play room. Then extend bedrooms 2 and 3, creating space for an internal bathroom, increase the size of the landing to include the window currently in bed 3. That would give room for storage on the landing too.
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3 years agoyour house is almost exactly the same as my own house that I am currently doing work on.
I would turn bedroom 3 into an en suite and a main bathroom - in your house you would have windows in the both rooms - I've attached my property floor plan to give you the idea.
I too have a sun room attached to the back of my property which I was turning into a sitting room and putting a home office to the front of the property by partitioning the front room.
I would definitely go for a utility room, they are a valuable luxury if you have the space, washing machine, mops, vacuum cleaners, coats - it's great to have somewhere to store all these things...
Nicole Foster
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