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Using loft conversion as a bathroom
samuela66
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Just putting it out there....
We are due to move into a detached 3 bed property which has a loft conversion, we have had a thought of turning the loft into the bathroom, thus freeing up the bathroom which is very large and turning this into a fourth bedroom, there is a toilet downstairs so no one will have to be traipsing flights of stairs for the loo.
Firstly would this be a benefit if we ever sell, or would it decrease the value. Does it come across as a good idea?
Thanks
sam
We are due to move into a detached 3 bed property which has a loft conversion, we have had a thought of turning the loft into the bathroom, thus freeing up the bathroom which is very large and turning this into a fourth bedroom, there is a toilet downstairs so no one will have to be traipsing flights of stairs for the loo.
Firstly would this be a benefit if we ever sell, or would it decrease the value. Does it come across as a good idea?
Thanks
sam
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So you will end up with no toilet/washing facilities on the middle floor?
Hard to suggest without seeing the layout, but could you not have the loft conversion as a 4th bedroom, and (given you say the current bathroom is very large) move walls to make the current bathroom smaller and other rooms upstairs then are more spacious.0 -
Seems a bit mad to me - as bad as having a downstairs bathroom, because you still have to negotiate stairs for toilet/shower etc. Is the bathroom bigger than the loft?! Why not convert the loft to the 4th bedroom?
Also, I know very little about plumbing, but isn't water pressure likely to be an issue in the loft?0 -
People want bathrooms on the same level as bedrooms, so the best option would be to use the loft as the 4th bedroom and fit an ensuite in (or at least a loo) leaving the other bathroom downstairs with the other 3 bedrooms. If the bathroom is really that big, would it be feasible to divide it to create an en suite to the master bedroom as well?0
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- Swap the current bathroom with the smallest of the bedrooms (assuming it's not a boxroom!) on the first floor.
- Add an en-suite to the loft conversion, the remainder of which use as a bedroom.
Congratulations - you're now the proud owner of a toilet on every floor of the property!0 - Swap the current bathroom with the smallest of the bedrooms (assuming it's not a boxroom!) on the first floor.
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Personally I wouldn't want to buy a house without a bathroom in the same floor as the children's bedrooms, too much hassle to go up or down the stairs.0
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I'd find it odd to have a bathroom on the top floor - I agree that if possible swap bathroom with smallest bedroom (having just stripped out a bathroom and replaced it, it is remarkable how small even a decent sized bathroom is without the sanitaryware in it!), although I imagine most likely the bathroom is smaller than the smallest bedroom.0
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I'd definitely be put off buying a house if I needed to go to the 3rd floor for a bath. I think ReadintTims suggestion is the best!0
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ReadingTim wrote: »
- Swap the current bathroom with the smallest of the bedrooms (assuming it's not a boxroom!) on the first floor.
- Add an en-suite to the loft conversion, the remainder of which use as a bedroom.
Congratulations - you're now the proud owner of a toilet on every floor of the property!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2OmmcsAZnwSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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What is the loft extension used as now? Is it a bedroom? If so and you are buying a 3 bed house with a loft conversion why do you need to put the 4th bed somewhere else surely that is already in the loft?0
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