Moving bathroom upstairs...

rustybucket

Have a 3 bed victorian property which has 3rd bedroom off middle bedroom.

As only 2 of us we're planning on moving the downstairs bathroom which is on the back of the kitchen.

Then planning on extending the small kitchen (9 x 9) into the bathroom area, though we need to knock down the old chimney breast (where the gas boiler is currently) which cuts off the kitchen from the bathroom, change the boiler and put a new kitchen/flooring in.

Just wondering on ball park figures? Based in Surrey. Any one had something similar done with an idea of costs?

olias

How long is a piece of string? There are so many variables - to get water to the new bathroom there will be ripping up of floors/flooring/redecoration etc. Will the new bathroom be able to access the old soil pipe or will the sewer have to be extended and a new soil pipe put in. Even this might not be possible and you might have to get a macerator. Joists may have to be strengthened to take weight of bath.

With regards to extending the kitchen it's not just a matter of removing the chimney breast - it will either have to be taken out all the way up to and including the chimney meaning expensive roof work/scaffolding and flooring. The alternative would be to support it someho with an rsj, but this would have to be substantial to take the weight and would encroach down from the kitchen ceiling. I would also get a structural engineer to ok any work such as this.

I think you will find that in Surrey, a job like this would be very expensive.

Depending on finish and also whether you employ subbies and project manage yourself or get a builder to do it all you could spend £10000 or £50000???
You could also devalue your house by losing a bedroom!

Have you thought whether it's really a good investment? If other similar properties in your area have a downstairs bathroom would moving it upstairs really add any value? particularly at the expense of a bedroom and also being accessed through a bedroom!

If you have a big enough master bedroom a cheaper alternative would be just to leave the existing bathroom where it is and put a small en suite upstairs with a macerating toilet


Olias