which is more valuable: study/cot room or ensuite

SailorSam

Johnandabby wrote: »

With the number of times my wife goes to the loo in the night it would have to be the ensuite

You could always have a pot under the bed.

NinaSwiss

jennyc85 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm looking at a property at the minute that is a 2 bed terraced, with a downstairs bathroom & 'study/cot room' off the 2nd bedroom. My question is which do you think is a better selling point/more valuable; a study/cot room or an ensuite bathroom?

In an ideal world the bathroom would be moved upstairs and the downstairs bathroom would become a utility, but that would involve moving the staircase so not going to go there..

Thanks!

If the bathroom is off the downstatirs hallway, Id be ok with it. I wouldnt go(unless I intend to get it moved) a place if getting to the bathroom meant walking through the living room or kitchen.

That said, creating an ensuite means you end up with 2 bathrooms which is overkill in a 2-bed property (as the other room's occupant will need a bathroom to use).

becominganobsessivesaver

If you were planning to use the extra room as a cot room in the future then I would think an upstairs toilet would be invaluable. I cant think if anything worse than only having a downstairs toilet if heavily pregnant, running up and downstairs all night!

flea72

Whatever suits your lifestyle best.

However i cant see that you are gaining anything by putting in an ensuite though, as its not off the master bedroom, you still have to traipse across the landing to get to it

If wanting to remodel a terrace house, most people get rid of the downstairs bathroom and have a bigger kitchen. Put the bathroom upstairs in the box room, and decrease the size of the second bedroom to make a corridor to the new bathroom (quite often involves having to turn stairs other way round)

Two bathrooms in a two bed house, is overkill unless you plan on renting out the other bedroom

jennyc85

thanks for all your opinions... Although we'd be living in the property for a while, we'd be looking to sell it as soon as we'd done the renovations, so I was really trying to think about what would be best for selling it. I think given the amount of work in involved in changing the staircase around to get the bathroom upstairs (which I think really most potential buyers would want), I may be as well to keep on property hunting for something not so complicated.

superflygal

Ensuite! I have to pop to loo 3 times a night, couldn't consider going up and downstairs to a cold bathroom! Brrrrr

SFG x

superflygal

My brother lived in a terrace where a corridor had been created, making it a 2 bed with upstairs loo, which is probably more sellable, as the person with the ensuite might not want the kids int he other bedroom waking them up needing the loo. Just an idea!

SFG x