Converting bathroom into 3rd bedroom

vb3d

Hi all,

I would like to know how everyone thinks of my house if I do this conversions.

So it is a 2 bed house, 1 double and 1 single.
the bath room is just smaller than the single room.
Down stairs I have a conservatory, and attached to the house is a garage.

My plan is to convert the bathroom into a bedroom, convert the garage to another room and a bathroom, and extend the living room into the conservatory, as I would require to knock off a wall on the current living room to access the garage.

So the house would be 4bed with massive living room, but no conservatory or garage.

Thanks

dunroving

vb3d wrote: »

Hi all,

I would like to know how everyone thinks of my house if I do this conversions.

So it is a 2 bed house, 1 double and 1 single.
the bath room is just smaller than the single room.
Down stairs I have a conservatory, and attached to the house is a garage.

My plan is to convert the bathroom into a bedroom, convert the garage to another room and a bathroom, and extend the living room into the conservatory, as I would require to knock off a wall on the current living room to access the garage.

So the house would be 4bed with massive living room, but no conservatory or garage.

Thanks

I rented a house in Wales that had a "lounge-conservatory". Either the conservatory was built onto the house and at a later date, the external wall was removed, or the conservatory was built as a "walk-through/lounge extension" in the first place.

Either way, the ground floor of the house was freezing in the winter and boiling hot in the summer. Conservatories aren't intended to be year-round living spaces.

Head_The_Ball

I wouldn't like a house with upstairs bedrooms and a downstairs bathroom.

Can you keep the upstairs as it is and convert the garage into two small bedrooms, or one bedroom and a shower room?

vb3d

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

I wouldn't like a house with upstairs bedrooms and a downstairs bathroom.

Can you keep the upstairs as it is and convert the garage into two small bedrooms, or one bedroom and a shower room?

That is an idea too, the issue is that I think my kids are too young to sleep on their own downstairs
I have 2 (5yo and 3yo) and expecting a third next year, hence the thinking of conversion

dunroving wrote: »

I rented a house in Wales that had a "lounge-conservatory". Either the conservatory was built onto the house and at a later date, the external wall was removed, or the conservatory was built as a "walk-through/lounge extension" in the first place.

Either way, the ground floor of the house was freezing in the winter and boiling hot in the summer. Conservatories aren't intended to be year-round living spaces.

The conservatory will have new brick walls and roof with isolation

Owain_Moneysaver

You will need Building Regulations permission for this, and I don't think it will be granted as it deprives the bedrooms of a toilet on the same floor.

You also cannot extend the living room 'into' the conservatory as it will not comply with Building Regs for thermal insulation, unless you can add a heck of a lot of compensatory measures elsewhere.

A 4 bed house would normally need 2 bathrooms (at least) and preferably a second reception room as well.

Could you go up into a loft conversion to make another bedroom with an ensuite?

vb3d

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You will need Building Regulations permission for this, and I don't think it will be granted as it deprives the bedrooms of a toilet on the same floor.

You also cannot extend the living room 'into' the conservatory as it will not comply with Building Regs for thermal insulation, unless you can add a heck of a lot of compensatory measures elsewhere.

A 4 bed house would normally need 2 bathrooms (at least) and preferably a second reception room as well.

Could you go up into a loft conversion to make another bedroom with an ensuite?

What do you mean by "compensatory measures elsewhere"?
The conservatory will have full brick walls and proper roof.

Loft isn't convertible unfortunately.

Owain_Moneysaver

vb3d wrote: »

What do you mean by "compensatory measures elsewhere"?
The conservatory will have full brick walls and proper roof.

It won't be a conservatory then.

By compensatory measures I mean you're allowed to have a thermally-inefficient conservatory or single glazing provided you compensate for it elsewhere in the building like super-insulated walls.

vb3d

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

It won't be a conservatory then.

By compensatory measures I mean you're allowed to have a thermally-inefficient conservatory or single glazing provided you compensate for it elsewhere in the building like super-insulated walls.

I see.
The conservatory will be converted and added to the living room.

dunroving

vb3d wrote: »

I see.
The conservatory will be converted and added to the living room.

In other words, you will ostensibly remove the conservatory and build an extension in its place ... yes? (would need to dig deeper foundations, etc.)

Your original wording (extend the living room into the conservatory) was a bit ambiguous. Similarly, I'd say you are "removing and replacing" the conservatory, not "converting" it. Seems like petty semantics, but threads can go way astray based on such things.

As others have suggested, maybe consider building up into the loft, to keep all bedrooms on the upper floors, close to the bathroom.

comeandgo

I would never look at buying a four bedroom one bathroom house. I would need two bathrooms at least for 4 bedrooms.

photome

comeandgo wrote: »

I would never look at buying a four bedroom one bathroom house. I would need two bathrooms at least for 4 bedrooms.

wouldnt be quite so bad if that one bathroom was upstairs but like you I wouldnt buy it and I suspect very few would