Removing fitted wardrobe and ensuite

becksy_2

Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me.

I am interested in buying a new home. The only problem is the master bedroom isn't very big. It does have an ensuite.

There is also an ensuite in the second bedroom as well as a main bathroom.

In order to make the bedroom bigger I was looking at removing the fitted wardrobes which were put in when the house was built so have plasterboard walls. The fitted wardrobe then backs on to the second ensuite which I wd then want to remove (or cap off pipes) and then turn into a wardrobe. This would then make the master bedroom a square shaped larger bedroom.

Does anyone know roughly how much this could cost? Just working out how much everything I wd like to do in the house would cost.

Thanks for any advice.

Doozergirl

It doesn't sound like an expensive job.

On the face of it, it's a day ripping out, the cost of a skip, a plumber to pop in and cap off the old connections neatly, a day or two for a carpenter to put up some new stud, skirting, create doorway for the new wardrobe, then plastering and flooring. A neat and easy little job for someone.

Perhaps a couple of thousand plus your new fittings - which could be a shelf and a pole, or much more elaborate.

Just be careful in new builds as the newer ones are often timber framed and may have structural timber walls in funny places.

becksy_2

Thank you so much for your reply.
Glad it shouldn't be too much.

SuzieSue

Are you really sure that you want to do all that work? If you are used to a large master bedroom then I can understand that you think that the new one is too small. How small is small? I have a very small master bedroom, but you soon get used to it. You can have fitted wardrobes alongside and above the bed.

If this is your forever home, and you really can't live with it, then fine, but if you plan to sell, then a lot of families would like a second ensuite for guests.

becksy_2

It is tricky. I am use to a much bigger bedroom than this one wd be. I would struggle to get my bed and bed sides units to fit across the room with the existing layout.
I'm not planning to move again so want this house to be just as I want it. I did think that by capping the pipes off if I ever did move someone cd easily put the ensuite back in if it was their preference.

Thanks for the advice.