any ideas on a potential layout change?

drummer_666

sorry, i'm bad at doing floorplans.

Here's the pic showing the layout top of stairs



so the room you can see is what could become a shower room.

drummer_666

Doozergirl wrote: »

The loo on an angle uses more space than just one with back to wall. I'd look at using one of the new loos that has the sink slightly over the cistern.

Any examples of what type of loo you mean?

fairy_lights

drummer_666 wrote: »

I'd prefer to leave the bathroom downstairs if I can fit a useable shower room & toilet upstairs.

If you can fit a shower room upstairs, why would you also need a bathroom downstairs?
If you can fit a decent shower, sink and toilet upstairs why not get rid of the downstairs bathroom altogether, unless having a bath is a must for you personally. In such a tiny house having an upstairs shower room and a downstairs bathroom seems excessive.

Doozergirl

drummer_666 wrote: »

Any examples of what type of loo you mean?

https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/metro-combined-two-in-one-wash-basin-toilet-500mm-wide-x-300mm?campaign=googlebase&gclid=COvejcrj6M4CFc2RGwodq-cFoQ

That may be too deep. I've seen ones where the sink is more to the side.

drummer_666

fairy_lights wrote: »

If you can fit a shower room upstairs, why would you also need a bathroom downstairs?
If you can fit a decent shower, sink and toilet upstairs why not get rid of the downstairs bathroom altogether, unless having a bath is a must for you personally. In such a tiny house having an upstairs shower room and a downstairs bathroom seems excessive.

I want a bath. Personal preference 🙂

teddysmum

Many Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses were built with no bathroom, so it is very common in some areas to have an end of kitchen bathroom, as there are only two bedrooms. (I was brought up in such, until my parents bought the house and my bricklayer father built a bathroom on).


If this is such an area, would it not be possible to extend into the garden, to give a larger downstairs bathroom and go without an upstairs toilet? We had to lose our back garden completely to have a bathroom and had no upstairs toilet, but it's not far from upstairs to bathroom in a tiny terraced.

Doozergirl

teddysmum wrote: »

Many Victorian/Edwardian terraced houses were built with no bathroom, so it is very common in some areas to have an end of kitchen bathroom, as there are only two bedrooms. (I was brought up in such, until my parents bought the house and my bricklayer father built a bathroom on).


If this is such an area, would it not be possible to extend into the garden, to give a larger downstairs bathroom and go without an upstairs toilet? We had to lose our back garden completely to have a bathroom and had no upstairs toilet, but it's not far from upstairs to bathroom in a tiny terraced.

It would be the obvious solution, but they'll never get the cost back on the house value. Given that the OP calls themselves a property developer, it's a problem.

Personally, I don't think two bathrooms is where it's at either. The house is small.

zagubov

Is it absolutely necessary for the toilet and the bath to be on the same floor? In Japan where space is a premium, they're not in the same room anyway for ergonomic /logistic reasons.

fairy_lights

zagubov wrote: »

Is it absolutely necessary for the toilet and the bath to be on the same floor? In Japan where space is a premium, they're not in the same room anyway for ergonomic /logistic reasons.

I'm imagining a scenario where the OP puts the toilet and sink upstairs and then has a solitary bath slotted under the stairs...and to be honest it sounds like something that would pop up on the 'have a look at this' thread.

bouicca21

I'm inclined to say that if OP really wanted a bathroom he shouldn't have bought that house. Upstairs shower room with maybe one of those toilets with sink over the cistern. Get rid of downstairs bathroom so there is a larger kitchen, and put a toilet and sink under the stairs. Personally I'd find that much more attractive when it comes to selling.

An extension would be better still, but since I find it difficult to get my head round a price bracket that low, I assume the cost would outweigh the resale value. There is however a value to be put on having a more comfortable home for the next X years.