Downstairs toilet - where?

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

Angry_Bear wrote: »

You can't tell from the plans, but under the stairs is only about 2 feet high where it butts into the kitchen wall

The can't be or else they'd come up in the middle of the bathroom.

27cool

Sorry, but you don't have room for a toilet downstairs. If that is a priority then as Hong Kong suggests, look for another property.
I may be wrong, but I thought that you could not have a toilet straight off from a kitchen. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

27cool wrote: »

Sorry, but you don't have room for a toilet downstairs. If that is a priority then as Hon Kong suggests, look for another property.
I may be wrong, but I thought that you could not have a toilet straight off from a kitchen. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

Building regs allowed it, then you needed two doors and I think they reverted back to allowing it a few years ago.

exiled_red

PasturesNew wrote: »

Stick a new front porch on that has the loo and a new door into the living room.

It'd probably be cheaper to add a new bit on than to faff about with existing stuff.

That is probably the best solution.

The other option if you want to avoid going into the kitchen/dining room space would be to put it into the hallway space next to the stairs, this would require the stairs to be enclosed, the door to the lounge moved closer to the front door and a door created from lounge to the kitchen/dining room. Which is obviously alot of work so the new extension at the front is probably easier

Angry_Bear

Thinking over PasturesNew's suggestion made me realise that there is probably enough room to put a small extension on the rear and add a wc and utility room (roughly where the back door is now). And it would make the most sense relative to where the current plumbing is.
The question now is whether the cost makes it worthwhile given the cost of the property :think:
I shall have to get on my investigating feet.

Hong_Kong_Phooey. wrote: »

The can't be or else they'd come up in the middle of the bathroom.

2 feet might have been an exaggeration, it's probably more like 4. But not full height and not capable of putting a wc into.

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I'm not a builder so I don't know about costs but how about in the entrance hall on the right hand side as you walk through the door, eat into some space in the living room taking the partition wall up to the front living room window.

Wookey

Given that you are showing windows on all 4 sides it would appear to be a fully detached house, the small extension out the back combining a utility and WC is probably the best way to go. There will probably need to be some rerouting of sewer and rainwater pipes around the footings.

If the house is constructed using facing brick i would get the extension dashed, if the house is dashed i would look to use facing brick on the extension (provided planning agrees) as it would look a bit better than trying to match up new and old bricks or new and old plaster.

Silvertabby

Thinking over PasturesNew's suggestion made me realise that there is probably enough room to put a small extension on the rear and add a wc and utility room (roughly where the back door is now). And it would make the most sense relative to where the current plumbing is.
The question now is whether the cost makes it worthwhile given the cost of the property :think:
I shall have to get on my investigating feet.

Personally, I really hate houses with the loo right next to the front door. I would go for the rear extension utility room/cloakroom - it will cost more, but will add more value to your house (in my eyes!) than a front door loo.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

Wookey wrote: »

Given that you are showing windows on all 4 sides it would appear to be a fully detached house, the small extension out the back combining a utility and WC is probably the best way to go. There will probably need to be some rerouting of sewer and rainwater pipes around the footings.

If the house is constructed using facing brick i would get the extension dashed, if the house is dashed i would look to use facing brick on the extension (provided planning agrees) as it would look a bit better than trying to match up new and old bricks or new and old plaster.

Only upstairs, a house of that size is probably a link.

Slinky

Wookey wrote: »

If the house is constructed using facing brick i would get the extension dashed, if the house is dashed i would look to use facing brick on the extension (provided planning agrees) as it would look a bit better than trying to match up new and old bricks or new and old plaster.

Not necessarily so, our house has been extended on both sides, the bricks aren't identical but they are darned close. You have to look particularly closely to see the differences and it certainly isn't noticeable when looking from the street.