Bungalow floorplan help or ideas - pointless loft room
In the process of buying a bungalow. A loft room conversion was done over 14yrs ago and not signed off (council are aware - not taking any action). Surveyor has said the major work was done well but that the stairs are in the wrong place. It doesn't comply with current Build Regs. So not a habitable room. Its not a major issue as there is enough for our needs on the ground floor. But its a waste. So looking at whether there is anything we can do to improve or if it will have to be a large storage area. As you can see currently being used as a bedroom. The ensuite is something that we would want to remove or redo as its horrid!
The last pic is the original building plan bult in the late 1930's. The ground floor has not changed other than stairs in the bedroom on the left of the hall.
Welcome all thoughts / suggestions. No specific budget in mind really depends on what is worth doing or just leaving it.
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Comments (10)Tani - The garden is all to the rear (outside bedroom one) and there's a driveway the whole length of the right side of the building. If I were to eventually extend I was thinking of going to the right or even building out bedroom 2 to be level with the rear of the house (it's a semi so the left is another bungalow). I'd therefore have to utilise some light from above as I'd loose the window of bedroom 2! But as Roger says I think it would be good to put the bedrooms at the front of the property and maybe having French doors or something to the garden!...See MoreIdeas for reconfiguring bungalow floorplan
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Comments (16)Hi Andrew, Here is a quick sketch I came up with. You said that the north bay window doesn't provide a lot of light so that end could become a bedroom. but that does create a very cramped living area and a bathroom which is basically just off the kitchen. But if you have high enough ceilings you might be able to create a clever split height layout for a small, fully enclosed second bedroom (this should work for a 3m ceiling). These split level/low height spaces are becoming popular in the ‘Tiny house movement. By changing the bathroom around a low ceiling could be created over the toilet and bath, and then a bed could be added in the space above this and a wardrobe on the bedroom side. The bed would be reached with a ladder or built-in steps with storage under it. The area over the sink would be normal height with some storage space above. This creates a fully usable bedroom without using as much floor space but it is only really suitable as a guest or kid’s bedroom. It is definitely fair to say it's an even 2 bedroom flat. And because of the expense of the extra walls, floor and custom furniture, it’s usually undertaken by someone planning to live in the space themselves. So this may not be suitable for your case, I just thought it was an interesting and unusual idea. Please let me know what you think? And I wish you all the best with your project!! Phill...See More
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Maybe something like this?
reverse the staircase, get rid of build in storage round the bed, move the bathroom in the end and have storage/ wardrobes in the area where current bathroom is.
This gives you the option to have decent guest bathroom as well as comply with the building regs.
rotating the stairs 180 degrees, saves u to do any joist work.
Might need to reconfigure some windows.
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This is what the council said when they inspected the loft room earlier this year.
All seems very ambiguous to me does it make any sense to you? we know the loft room was done in 1991 as plans were approved then although part of larger works including a garage conversion which was not done. the garage conversion was to create a granny annex which I can only guess was not needed in the end for whatever reason.
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