Convert a 63sq m flat into 3 studios!

theslickking

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If you are doing this properly you will need not only planning but building control permission. You will have to comply with current fire safety, noise and thermal insulation requirements, install separate metering and electric/heating/hot water systems - and a Saniflow is not accepted as the only toilet in a dwelling.

It might be a lot less work to arrange it as a really nice house-share with 2 or 3 bed-sitting rooms, and a shared kitchen with dining area.

Yes mate, I factored all of that in, fie safety, metering etc.
I also lookd at the 2/3 bed share scenario. Its all possible, and thanks for the info.

As for the saniflow, the property would actually have 3 toilets, my error for using the word 'saniflow' - just a habit when talking about adding another wc.

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theslickking

taste I guess.

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lynzpower

Residential space standards

Proposals for new residential accommodation, including from conversions and change of use which propose studio or 1 bedroom accommodation will be permitted where they provide a minimum of 33 sq ms floorspace for 1 person units and a minimum of 48sq ms for 2 person units;
2 bedroom accommodation must provide a minimum of 60 sq ms and where 4 bedspaces are provided in 2 bedroom accommodation a minimum of 67 sq ms is provided in order to meet HCA standards;
Family-sized accommodation must provide a minimum of 3 bedrooms (one of which must be a double bedroom) with a minimum overall floorspace of 75 sq ms;
Further guidance is provided in Supplementary Planning Guidance on Housing Development (excluding room and flat sizes which have been superseded by this document), and in the forthcoming replacement Supplementary Planning Document on residential development standards

Found this. Think you will be pushing it to get them within the size standard to be honest, Id take your plans to building control before you spend any further money on consultation.

http://consult.wandsworth.gov.uk/portal/planning/dmpd/development_management_policies_document_-_preferred_options?pointId=d1365440e160#section-d1365440e160

theslickking

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lynzpower

My personal feeling is that you may well be better off converting into 2 flats, not 3. Youll have an easier ride with buiding regs for sure.

You will easily be able to get 850pcm for a one bed flat each in that area, if it is indeed high spec

You'll also have less exposure to a likely void ( studio flats do have high churn rates as Im sure you know)

Plus less conversion and maintenance costs ( only 2 boilers instead of 3, you get the idea)

Why have you discounted this idea?

Doozergirl

You sound really nice. I'd love to buy a property, or a bit of one from you (sigh)

Your rooms will be made smaller by the requirements to meet building regulations for new build as soon as you start to carve up an existing building. Insulation on the outside walls to meet current regs which takes up a lot of room, you have to stud out each exterior wall, stuff with insulation then plasterboard; plus fireproofing and soundproofing between each apartment both up down and sides. Also between those and the other flats which would involve a great deal of upheaval for the neighbouring flats as well.

Do you own the freehold? You will need freeholders permission plus the creation of new leases which means the freeholder, or any share of freeholder will be wanting a big chunk of any uplift in value.

Aside from that, there is no precedent set anymore so having neighbours that are studio flats does not mean that you will get planning for the same. I really doubt that you would achieve PP in such an originally small space - it's a it easier if you're carving up a great big house into smaller units than trying to split a small unit into even smaller ones. Even if you managed to surcome the lease and weren't losing too much space to make sensibly habitable spaces.

theslickking

Geoffky? More like knowfukallsky!

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lynzpower

Doozergirl wrote: »

You sound really nice.

I'd love to buy a property, or a bit of one from you.

does he sound like another nice landlord we know

theslickking

lynzpower wrote: »

mynameisdave

theslickking wrote: »

Where do you live? I bet you can buy a 3 bed victiorian house where you live for £40K!

A 2 bed flat on my road costs between £210-£300K! Why? Because its LONDON!!!!!

A Studio here can costs between £90 and £150k!

Geoffky? More like knowfukallsky!

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So on your street a 2 bed flat costs up to 300k, but your one bed is worth 300k?

And if yours is worth 300k you are going to spend however many thousands changing it into three properties worth 100k

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