Moving Bathroom Upstairs?!

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tbs624 wrote: »

My bolding. The majority of downstairs bathrooms tend to be in Victorian properties where it is usually attached outbuildings that have been converted or a single storey extension added to provide the bathroom, so as to leave the original bedroom spaces unaffected. Don't know of any where an original upstairs bathroom has been moved downstairs so as to rejig the original into extra bedroom space.

There are usually whole areas of towns/cities where it is the norm for the majority of the problems to have bathroms that are downstairs.

In the OP's situation I think I'd maybe look at having an en suite shower upstairs and leaving the bathroom as is, but it's obviously a matter of personal choice.

I think B&T's 5k estimate is on the high side. Some of the work involved is easily doable by a competent DIYer/handyman but there will be Building Regs implications.

Hi - yes i agree that the original victorian layout wouldn't have been an upstairs bathroom. It seems most ' smaller' victorian terraces (like my own 1886 property) have converted the rear bedroom (3rd) into a bathroom. Where space allows, that rear bedroom is often split into bathroom and a smaller bedroom.

I think in modern times, the downstairs bathroom makes for an unconventional feel to the layout, hence why I (and according to the EA, most people) prefer it upstairs