adding ensuite to sell house - advice please!

Crashy_Time

ReadingTim wrote: »

Do you think? I don't see much evidence of thought, all is see is random cutting and pasting of links, although this time of The Guardian rather than mumsnet....

Interested to know what type of "thought" you think is appropriate to do regarding media/online sentiment, it is either negative or positive, generally pretty clear for all to see? I am negative overall on the housing market, and I think sentiment has shifted this way in the country and in the media as well. I posted a link that underlines my negative general position and that underlines why I think the OP`s suggested upgrade is a waste of time, there is nothing random about it at all.

Marypoppins349

valid question - it's a 3/4 bed bungalow and only has one bathroom... but when we have friends to stay there's usually a queue for the bathroom as some point...

Marypoppins349

Thanks all for the comments - I should have explained that we are not selling immediately but probably in the next year or so and would find an ensuite very useful ourselves in between then and now as we only have one bathroom (bath, toilet, basin) in the whole house (3/4 bed bungalow).
Agreed neither is the perfect solution but was wanting advice on which would me more attractive to buyers when we come to sell.
However - I do totally take the point that ultimately we need to do exactly what we want if we're going to live with it for a bit but as we were struggling to decide that - I thought I'd see if there were any strong opinions for when it came to selling that might help us decide!
MT :-)

Crashy_Time

Marypoppins349 wrote: »

valid question - it's a 3/4 bed bungalow and only has one bathroom... but when we have friends to stay there's usually a queue for the bathroom as some point...

A potential buyer will put in their own extra bathroom if that is what they want to do, you are wasting time and money by doing so as potential buyers are just going to look at size, location and price at this stage of the market, not the bells and whistles that may have been added. You just need to price it to sell as is, not spend more money on it, IMO.

ReadingTim

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Interested to know what type of "thought" you think is appropriate to do regarding media/online sentiment, it is either negative or positive, generally pretty clear for all to see? I am negative overall on the housing market, and I think sentiment has shifted this way in the country and in the media as well. I posted a link that underlines my negative general position and that underlines why I think the OP`s suggested upgrade is a waste of time, there is nothing random about it at all.

That's the most amount of typing I've ever seen from you, and not a link in sight! Well done, you're getting the hang of this:money:

bobbymotors

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Interested to know what type of "thought" you think is appropriate to do regarding media/online sentiment, it is either negative or positive, generally pretty clear for all to see? I am negative overall on the housing market, and I think sentiment has shifted this way in the country and in the media as well. I posted a link that underlines my negative general position and that underlines why I think the OP`s suggested upgrade is a waste of time, there is nothing random about it at all.

You could probably have bought 2 houses outright if you added up all the rent you've paid over the years

Still, you know best.

Crashy_Time

bobbymotors wrote: »

You could probably have bought 2 houses outright if you added up all the rent you've paid over the years

Still, you know best.

Very very unlikely :rotfl: They would have been houses in the worst areas you could imagine if so.

Hedgehog99

A pokey squeezed-in en suite could put off just as many buyers as the lack of an en suite.

I would resent being asked to pay a higher asking price for something that's been done as cheaply as possible whereas I might have wanted to spend more on a better en suite layout.

Sell the house as it is and let the new owners decide what they want to do.

AdrianC

Marypoppins349 wrote: »

Thanks all for the comments - I should have explained that we are not selling immediately but probably in the next year or so and would find an ensuite very useful ourselves in between then and now as we only have one bathroom (bath, toilet, basin) in the whole house (3/4 bed bungalow).

So a month or two leadtime before the work starts, then a month or so disruption while the work's underway... That's a quarter of the time before you're starting thinking of selling.

hazyjo

I definitely wouldn't be adding an en-suite but would consider adding a separate loo in a 3/4 bed property. Doubt it would add value though.