Would this house layout be considered very unusual?

ijrwe

Waterlily24 wrote: »

It really surprises me that downstairs bedrooms are a no, no. We converted our small 3 bed bungalow into a 4 bed chalet bungalow, with a downstairs extension. The main bedroom with en suite bathroom is downstairs. All the rooms are large including the 3 bedrooms upstairs.

I suppose that having an en-suite clearly defines that room as a bedroom, and if your house is a bungalow(ish) then that's maybe different to what this would be, i.e. a two-bed end-of-terrace, with potentially a sprawling single-storey around the base.

Brightspark87

We nearly didn't offer on our house as it had a downstairs bathroom - it did really put us off. It is basically your first proposal in post #1.

ijrwe

Brightspark87 wrote: »

We nearly didn't offer on our house as it had a downstairs bathroom - it did really put us off. It is basically your first proposal in post #1.

Aye, well that's stuck that way, I'm afraid - and thankfully it's not uncommon around here in this price bracket. Lots of terraces with downstairs bathrooms, just the way they are.

lazer

Brightspark87 wrote: »

We nearly didn't offer on our house as it had a downstairs bathroom - it did really put us off. It is basically your first proposal in post #1.

This is the bit that puts me off - at least a toilet upstairs is required.


And a house with a downstairs bedroom would actually really appeal to me (although on 30 something now), I wouldn't move into a house that couldn't be a forever home should circumstances move we couldn't move

Brightspark87

We are still buying but it just put us off - it isn't the be all and end all. The game changer was the much larger bedrooms no upstairs bathroom gave.

Yes typically in many terraces where we are buying the ones that have changed around have meant that the bedrooms are much smaller and downstairs doesn't seem much bigger.