Downstairs loo or bigger kitchen?

HappyGo

Hello and happy Friday!

We're getting a new kitchen installed in our Edwardian terrace. The existing one is off the dining room and has a kitchen island, old chimney hood, massive old cupboard and old pantry in one corner.

The pantry is in the corner that is adjacent to our hallway's downstairs cupboard.

So the question is this - do we:

a) Get the builder to rip out the old cupboard, chimney hood, and rip out the walls of the pantry to create a bigger kitchen with more surfaces and cupboards and room for our fridge/freezer?

OR

b) Take the opportunity to block off the door to the pantry, just have a new kitchen installed down one wall, moving our fridge/freezer into the separate utility room, and perhaps getting a smaller integrated fridge in the main kitchen - and then.. put in a downstairs loo in the old pantry - knocking through a door from the other side, in the hallway?

Our Edwardian terrace is in a popular city suburb. Popular with families. Just as a note.

For us, we like the idea of both - but mostly concerned about what would add value / sell more easily? What would appeal to our target audience?

Thanks
HG

saverbuyer

For a family home, a downstairs toilet is a must.

thorsoak

Downstairs toilet......you could always site the w/machine and tumbler drier there too!

Annie1960

Definitely downstairs loo.

Have you looked on Rightmove to see what similar properties in your area have done, and how this affects the price? It may not actually add to the price you will get, but I think a house with a downstairs loo would sell quicker than the same house without.

marleyboy

We flatly turned down houses with downstairs toilets, it was conditional on any property we viewed. Albeit we like having the toilet separate from the bathroom, having one downstairs is a definite NO NO. I may as well revert to having it as an outside loo and call it modernisation.

saveallmymoney

Families certainly need more than 1 toilet - does one need to be downstairs?

We didn't think so and ripped ours out to make a cupboard, its was too cold anyway.

Torry_Quine

I would go for the bigger kitchen or even keep the pantry which is very handy for storage.

Sedge123

marleyboy wrote: »

We flatly turned down houses with downstairs toilets, it was conditional on any property we viewed. Albeit we like having the toilet separate from the bathroom, having one downstairs is a definite NO NO. I may as well revert to having it as an outside loo and call it modernisation.

I think they meant a downstairs toilet in addition to the one upstairs.

comeandgo

Def need a toilet downstairs. They are handy for visitors, stops them traipsing all over the house to use the loo. Also, someone may have mobility issues and a downstairs loo is better than a commode.

Piggywiggy

If your kitchen is already big enough to have an island in it, I would personally go for the seperate toilet, it's so much easier just being able to nip to the loo downstairs although I'm not sure whether you will be entering the cloakroom straight off the kitchen which I wouldn't really like.

Also you never know whether your circumstances may change or you may have visitors that can't manage to get up the stairs without help.

Cisco001

How many bedroom and how many loo in the house in total?

If u have 3 or 4 bed and already have 2 bathroom upstair, I don't see the point od additional loo.

In reality, how often will u have guest in guest at home?