should i move bathroom

james672

i have purchased a 3 bedroom house with a downstairs bathroom i am unsure if i should move the bathroom upstairs an lose the small bedroom directely above

ormus

ask the local estate agents for their opinion. they will know the local market better and can advise you.
peeps dont like downstairs bathrooms, but they still like 3 bed houses.

andrew-b

Hi and welcome to the forum!

What would you do with the old bathroom? Could you swap it with the 3rd bedroom in it's place? I don't mean to be rude but why did you not consider this before you bought the house? If you wanted a 2-bed house with a bathroom you could have bought one in the first place and saved yourself money

New bathrooms don't come cheap..especially one's needing completely new pipework.

Andy

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james672 wrote: »

i have purchased a 3 bedroom house with a downstairs bathroom i am unsure if i should move the bathroom upstairs an lose the small bedroom directely above

Can you not have a shower / loo upstairs as well?

Losing a bedroom will lose value on your home.

latecomer

I would not sacrifice a bedroom, however small, for a bathroom. I suspect most people who are buying at the moment will be looking for value and to me that means the additional bedroom.

wallbash

If you see your house as an investment ( difficult in these times) stick with three beds.
BUT if you thinking its a home to live in , move the bathroom. Life is too short to always worry about the distant future.

OddjobKIA

personally id leave as is..

a bathroom downstairs isnt going to rot the floor boards over time..if your that botherd about having something upstairs can you put a shower n the biggest bedroom..

also do you have kids or plan to if so then a bathroom downstairs is a god send also if its a new house you have to keep the toilet downstairs anyway so might as well leave it there

james672

yea baby on the way theres already a toilet an sink upstairs i was just thinking would it add alot more value to the house wen decide to sell

james672

yea already got toilet an sink upstairs cheers

james672

dont think it would take much to do the work and it doesnt bother me it been downstairs it was just a thought of making more money wen it comes to sell up cheers

latecomer

Do you have a large bedroom next to the toilet upstairs that you could pinch space from? you can put a show in literally the space it takes for a cubile (like most modern en-suites).