En suite - increase value?

Rivernight

Retired_Mortgage_Adviser wrote: »

Is it just the one bathroom/toilet for the whole house?

As others have said, in your place I'd drop the price to compensate for the lack of xyz rather than go through the hassle of adding an en-suite.

After adding an ensuite, you could then come across buyers who say "Lovely house, if only the bedroom was a bit bigger...."

No, there is a family bathroom then a downstairs toilet and sink. I have been really surprised about how ensuites seem to be so important these days.

PasturesNew

There are many types of buyers, yet most houses are laid out for "families".

For a family one bathroom might be fine... but for those people who are not a family they might be wanting to take in a lodger, or host a visiting family relation & spouse that they don't really know.

For these instances where one person lives in the house, but has the other rooms available, they'd be wanting to see at least one en-suite to nudge them from a "if only" to a "buy it" decision.

Sharing facilities with strangers, short-term or long-term is just easier/better if there are en-suites dotted about appropriately.

It's worth thinking like that.... if you were splitting up and one remaining in the house, you might view en-suites differently and suddenly wish it had one.

movilogo

We've had our house on the market from 17th December. We've had eleven viewings, everyone says that the house is well presented but the lack of ensuite is a problem

Sometimes people put lame excuse when they simply didn't want to put an offer. I'd not put an ensuite just to sell it.

You might try reducing the price instead.

Crashy_Time

Reduce the price, the ensuite line is just their excuse to part company IMO.

Alan2020

Rivernight wrote: »

It is a four-bedroom detached.

Depending on age of property and location, most buyers will need;
1 * family bathroom (with a bath and shower/over)
1* ensuite to master
1* GF WC

assuming all for bedrooms are upstairs

If over two floors, then a minimum of one common bathroom a floor and if space permits, an ensuite to master.

And mostly families want ensuite bathrooms to master. Do you wan't to go in the nude in front of your kids after some bedroom antics :rotfl:

Typically single people don't buy 4 Bed homes, people with 2 or more kids, so make sure you have 3 bathrooms at a minimum.

If an ultramodern city property with 4 double + bedrooms, then, one family bathroom, four ensuite and one GF cloak room, don't ask, this is what people want.

Just to add, where I live typically will cost £10K to just add a new ensuite, but this is assuming you don't need to do something. A case in point is if a dormer is needed to add one, then the cost is £30K, so if you have such a situation I would offer £40K less, maybe £50K less.

FtbDreaming

We’re a family of 5 with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom with toilet... why do people need 3 toilets nowadays? Don't get me wrong a 2nd bog would be nice but not essential

PasturesNew

FtbDreaming wrote: »

We’re a family of 5 with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom with toilet... why do people need 3 toilets nowadays? Don't get me wrong a 2nd bog would be nice but not essential

Because you're all a family.... and know each other. You've had years to understand the timings/expectations of others who are locked in there... and the relationship to bang on the door and holler if you wish .... and the family tolerance to accept somebody nipped in while you had been waiting 10 minutes.

Increasingly, households contain "strangers", house sharers, lodgers, family members of a new partner, etc.

It's just nicer if people have privacy to do whatever it is they wish to do in an en-suite... at a time when they want to do it. And, as said above ... nekkid.

kinger101

I wouldn't add an en-suite. It's something that can be installed by the buyer for well under £10K if they felt it's needed. The can presumably already see from the floor plan and/or description that there wasn't one before they viewed. So I'd take any assertion of them not making an offer for that reason as being untrue.

I don't think it will add to the value, as you're not increasing the square footage.

Alan2020

FtbDreaming wrote: »

We’re a family of 5 with 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom with toilet... why do people need 3 toilets nowadays? Don't get me wrong a 2nd bog would be nice but not essential

Depends on your life situation. We are a family of 3, we need to be out of the house at 6:30am and are back home at 7:30pm. Monday to Friday. When do you propose we all have a number 2 and a shower. If you allocate 20minutes a person, that's an hour, 10 minutes is 30minutes. In reality I need to be in my suit, get hair done etc, same for the OH, we cannot go scruffy. If 20mins a person a one bathroom house means some one looses 1 hour of sleep a day, 250 hours an year, and 6250 hours over a 25 year period. I would pay for the damned bathroom, as I make about £20 an hour after tax. The lack of a bathroom will cost me £125,000 over 25 years :rotfl:

DCFC79

kinger101 wrote: »

I wouldn't add an en-suite. It's something that can be installed by the buyer for well under £10K if they felt it's needed.

Do this OP, the ensuite you add might not be liked by the buyer, shower might be in the wrong place etc so let the buyer put 1 in.