moving bathroom upstairs

kjcdal

hi all i live in a council house and the bathroom is downstairs would like to move it upstairs which is directly above the dowstairs bathroom so would mean partitioning one of the bedrooms which is fine, once this is done where the downstairs bathroom was would like to knock the wall down so that the kitchen is next to the dining room as the bathroom was between them but what i want to know is if it would be allowed as i am in a council property or if they do not allow any allteration of that kind sorry for long mesage. ps the downstairs wall is not a load bearring .

Mojisola

If you are renting, I can't imagine that you would be allowed to make these sort of changes. Have you tried asking at the council?

kjcdal

no havent just yet, was thinking to find out whether was worth it first i have read on rights to allterations to you home but if your making it better which we will be, will just give them a call but maybe should get all the exact plans first.

olias

No you would not be allowed to make these sort of alterations. You don't own the house.

Olias

dander

Hmm, I'm not so sure. I think with council properties it might be something that's allowed, but it will probably vary from council to council and on the terms of your particular tenancy. The only way to know for sure is get in touch with them and ask.

27col

It may be your home but it's not your property. If it was my property I would not want tenants doing serious alterations. A bit of decorating, fair enough. Anyway you can but ask the council.

Errata

kjcdal wrote: »

no havent just yet, was thinking to find out whether was worth it first i have read on rights to allterations to you home but if your making it better which we will be, will just give them a call but maybe should get all the exact plans first.

Unfortunately the council may take the view that you would be making it worse, not improving it. However, different councils may take different views on this. Speak to your council and ask for guidance before you spend any money on plans.

ormus

i very much doubt any council will let you make drastic alterations such as these.

one method:
is to say nowt and do it. properly of course.
when you finally vacate, say it was like that when you moved in. theyll never know any different.