any ideas on a potential layout change?

silvercar

Stick the bath in the kitchen as a feature. Put it on wheels under a glass table as a centre piece.

Call it a retro 1920's house and add £100k to the asking price.

drummer_666

silvercar wrote: »

Stick the bath in the kitchen as a feature. Put it on wheels under a glass table as a centre piece.

Call it a retro 1920's house and add £100k to the asking price.

Lol, made me laugh

AirJoe

drummer_666 wrote: »

I like this idea a lot!

I could have a bathroom the same size as downstairs currently is without even needing to change the stairs.

Though the current bathroom is tiny.
I'm struggling getting my head around how I could reconfigure the top couple of steps to triangle, but I def think it can be done to add at least another 30cm or so to the length of the new room

I'm not bothered about having two loos if there's an upstairs bathroom so would keep the space under stairs for boiler / washer or a larder

Do you (or anyone) have any advice on me working out the stairs reconfiguration?

Thanks a lot

I'm only going off what I've seen in other houses so I don't know the practicalities of it, sorry!

In my mum's house her staircase is turned at the top and bottom like a squared off spiral staircase with a standard mid section. In her case it allows a small downstairs toilet at the bottom and a bigger 3rd bedroom at the top. I assume it was built that way from the off though.

Hopefully another forum member with a bit of building know-how will be able to bail me out (or make me look silly) though?

AirJoe

It's hard to describe so something like this is what I had in mind.

drummer_666

I can picture it but can't get my head around how to build it, so I have a couple of carpenters coming to look and see what's possible.

I'm pretty sure it will work tho, which will be fantastic.
If it does, the ciders on me lol

AirJoe

Glad I could help Fingers crossed that it's do-able :beer:

drummer_666

I can't change the stairs, there's not enough room for safety exiting bedrooms onto landing.

I think I might keep the layout as it is.
It's a shame as wasted space, but the kitchen is an ok size as it is. And it's fine for me and would be fine for a rental if I turn it into that in a couple of years.

I think I will move the washing machine and boiler into the cupboard under the stairs tho, to free up some kitchen space.

It's really now whether I just put a WC upstairs or a WC and a shower.
I'm keeping the downstairs bathroom, but personal preference is upstairs WC.

Doozergirl

I think the sensible option with the space available is just a loo and a washbasin upstairs.

AirJoe

That is a shame. That wasn't a regulation I was familiar with but you live a learn.