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Is it worth converting an extra bathroom into a bedroom?

bzjane
bzjane Posts: 24 Forumite
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I am selling a flat which has 2 large bathrooms. The flat is ground floor and basement. The basement has a smaller bathroom (but still large) and a bedroom. The ground floor bathroom is approx 11ft long and 4ft 10 inches wide and has a HUGE window.

I am considering turning the upstairs bathroom into a small bedroom. - Any feedback on the advisability of this would be most welcome.
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  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,557 Forumite
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    The best person to ask would be a local estate agent.
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  • FBaby
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    So turning the flat into a three bedroom with one smaller bathroom in the basement only. I personally don't think it is a good idea at all.

    A three bedroom mean either people living together, in which case, 1 bathroom for three is not going to be appealing, or a family, in which case, doubt parents would want to be downstairs with the kids sleeping alone on the next floor and kids having to come down to go to the toilets or having to go down themselves to the bathroom, meaning that the bedroom downstairs more likely to be an older child/teenager, and doesn't seem right they would get the room in the proximity of the bathroom.
  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,249 Forumite
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    Do you have an upstairs separate (ground floor) toilet?

    The answer to this question is the answer to your question too.
  • missbiggles1
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    bzjane wrote: »
    I am selling a flat which has 2 large bathrooms. The flat is ground floor and basement. The basement has a smaller bathroom (but still large) and a bedroom. The ground floor bathroom is approx 11ft long and 4ft 10 inches wide and has a HUGE window.

    I am considering turning the upstairs bathroom into a small bedroom. - Any feedback on the advisability of this would be most welcome.

    I don't think a bedroom that's only 4'10" wide is viable, even as a single.
  • SailorSam
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    Agree with MissB, that's very narrow for a bedroom. If you were to do it, maybe an en-suite shower.
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  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 18,648 Forumite
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    Is it worth converting an extra bathroom into a bedroom?

    In your case - no.
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  • 27col
    27col Posts: 6,554 Forumite
    If a room is only 4ft 10" wide, it could easily be mistaken for a corridor rather than a serious room of any sort.
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  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    edited 23 July 2016 at 5:21PM
    AFF8879 wrote: »
    That's the ground floor bathroom - it's the upstairs they want to convert into a bedroom - though I don't see any dimensions listed for that one which is pretty essential...

    You've misread it, I'm afraid. The ground floor bathroom is the upstairs bathroom because it's a groundfloor/basement flat.
  • peter_we
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    Legally it has to be over 70 sq ft to be a single
  • rosyw
    rosyw Posts: 519 Forumite
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    bzjane wrote: »
    The ground floor bathroom is approx 11ft long and 4ft 10 inches wide and has a HUGE window.

    That's the same length and 6 inches narrower that my utility - no way could it be used as "small bedroom"!!
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