Convert a 63sq m flat into 3 studios!

PasturesNew

lynzpower wrote: »

Im guessing its the same everywhere so I might as well post this. You shoud seek specific advice from the Building Control Department where you wish to develop, before you throw any money at it.



http://www.dover.gov.uk/pdf/FlatConversionGuidelines.pdf

My last studio was about 25 sq m. Purpose built, in the 1980s (Barratt).

Imagine a square of 16'
Slice it down the middle (a vertical line on 2D), left half is your living/bedroom.

Of the remaining half, slice it into 3 (2 horizontal lines on 2D), top 1/3rd is the kitchen, middle 1/3rd is the shower room, bottom 1/3rd is the dressing room (door to shower room is off that).

And I've seen a LOT smaller on the telly - and for sale locally here.

There was one "stupidly dinky" one on Homes Under the Hammer once. The buyers hadn't seen it prior to the auction, it turned out to be a single room, with small window, probably 9'x12'. The "kitchen" was a single "studio kitchen" unit that was the bottom half of this: http://www.refreshaccommodation.com/upload/pictures/astons%20apartments/standard-studio-kitchenette_500x500.jpg

The bed was on a big shelf, up a ladder, on top of the shower room.

£250k they paid, I think.

(I'll see if I have notes on it, check sizes/price etc, but I don't think I do have as I just did a quick search). It was in London though.

theslickking

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You are Gloom by name Gloom by nature!

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mynameisdave

PasturesNew wrote: »

The bed was on a big shelf, up a ladder, on top of the shower room.

£250k they paid, I think.

(I'll see if I have notes on it, check sizes/price etc, but I don't think I do have as I just did a quick search). It was in London though.

THAT WAS ON TODAY!! A Russian woman. She somehow managed to make a profit on it - well she bought in 2007 and it was valued at a higher price. If she didn't sell I would imagine she could be financially crippled by now.


Edit: Actually, no - I think it may have been a little different. This was on a shelf up a ladder but above an alcove in the living room - still cost a similar ammout after upgrade costs though

Edit 2:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t8qtp/Homes_Under_the_Hammer_Series_8_%28Reversions%29_Episode_8/

theslickking

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daft to work that out?

And remember the units are HIGH END!

I NEVER SAID MY 1 BED WAS WORTH £300k YOU CRETIN.

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sinbad182

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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You must live in a crap part of london if you can get a two bed for 210k.

Also, why would these super high flying city execs want a weekday property in Streatham of all places? Do you really think the kind of guys who live in the stock broker belt would want to live in a frankly poor part of London 5 days a week?

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Doctor_Gloom

theslickking wrote: »

Thanks for that, mioght be diofferent in Wandsworth as there is already a studio in the building at 12ft x 10. But your link is the tyoe of advice I am looking for.

And to those cal;ling me a slum landlord, in London prices are high as is the cost of living. A Studio 1 to 2 bed in Farringdon or parts of Central London can cost between £350K and £1M. THATS EXPLOITATION!

£145.00 PW FOR 18FT X 11 STUDIO with 9x6 bathroom off street p[arking and garden use is NOT CRIMINAL! Are you guy slagging me off Londoners? If you are then you should know better!

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Priorities dear boy. Before you invest in property and become a slum landlord, you should invest in a spellchecker.

mynameisdave

theslickking wrote: »

You idiot!

It rents out for around £800.00 as a flat but considerably more as 3 units. Are you too daft to work that out?

And remember the units are HIGH END!

I NEVER SAID MY 1 BED WAS WORTH £300k YOU CRETIN.

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O RLY? Nice try, homophobic troglodyte

Doctor_Gloom

theslickking wrote: »

That would be an ideal place for MYNAMEISDAVE and his BOYFRIEND.

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It's yet another pickledpink/thermidor/breadlinebetty alias. You won't be here tomorrow. Goodbye. I hope you enjoyed it.

neverdespairgirl

No way. I can't think any London council would allow such tiny living spaces. My LB certainly wouldn't.

And I think you're too far out for the professional pied-a-terre market. They'd want to be central.