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Odd bathroom layout
ShipleyGlen
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5 bed property on sale - rightmove number 67048593.
In the bathroom due to lack of space the bath is installed across the room and 'poking' into the bedroom, i.e. the wall has been knocked down and changed to form what is a wardrobe-sized block in the bedroom and this block is obstructing the window a bit. It also means that in the bathroom full standing height is only available when you're next to the shower/taps but the other end is about 1.2m high. The bathtub is standard size. Bathroom is on picture 4, bedroom picture 13.
How much of an issue would you consider this layout to be to potential buyers? Would you consider this property to be hard to sell until the bathroom layout is sorted?
In the bathroom due to lack of space the bath is installed across the room and 'poking' into the bedroom, i.e. the wall has been knocked down and changed to form what is a wardrobe-sized block in the bedroom and this block is obstructing the window a bit. It also means that in the bathroom full standing height is only available when you're next to the shower/taps but the other end is about 1.2m high. The bathtub is standard size. Bathroom is on picture 4, bedroom picture 13.
How much of an issue would you consider this layout to be to potential buyers? Would you consider this property to be hard to sell until the bathroom layout is sorted?
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Wouldn't have thought it a major issue. Depends how much you need the space in that bedroom.
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-67048593.html
Bathroom wouldn't bother me at all. The 3 small bedrooms and no bathroom on the top floor would. Would only buy it if intended knocking two top floor beds into one and getting a proper bathroom up there, not just a loo.2024 wins: *must start comping again!*6 -
@hazyjo - thanks! Well that's exactly part of the problem, the bathroom with the odd layout is the only bathroom in what is advertised as a 5 bed house. If there was a second bathroom upstairs, then the existing odd bathroom could work perfectly well either as is or it could be re-done into a nice shower room without the bathtub. All doable in principle as long as the price is right to reflect the work required to make it a family home.
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There's nothing wrong with that. We have an understairs WC on the ground floor, expanded into a corner cut out of the kitchen to allow a shower. This house would benefit from having the top floor WC extended into the next room to provide a shower in a similar way.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker2
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I have very little constructive to add. For me the wc upstairs wouldnt be too much of a problem albeit not preferable to a bathroom. Its a shame the smaller room isnt next to it to knock through.ShipleyGlen said:@hazyjo - thanks! Well that's exactly part of the problem, the bathroom with the odd layout is the only bathroom in what is advertised as a 5 bed house. If there was a second bathroom upstairs, then the existing odd bathroom could work perfectly well either as is or it could be re-done into a nice shower room without the bathtub. All doable in principle as long as the price is right to reflect the work required to make it a family home.
My no no is the front door straight into the lounge. Especially in a family home which would have a number of people coming and going potentially.
However ads like these really do highlight how much is available elsewhere in the country for so little comparatively.5 -
@zagubov in this house the cut-out corner is like a wardrobe i.e. not to full height and obstructing a window (see pic 13). If it were a full height it would obstruct the window even more. It's not just a corner it's a bit of an odd one. Do you see what I mean?0
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The two small bedrooms on the top floor bother me more. That would benefit from becoming a master suite floor with an en-suite and dressing room. Perhaps an office area could be integrated somehow but not ideal as no one really wants to feel their office and bedroom are one. The second floor could then have a toilet and shower room and what is bed 2 could get its window back.
Imo the property is too small to be a comfortable 5 bed home .Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12JAN NSD 11/16
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@HampshireH - that's the back door actually. Front door goes into the kitchen. Not great but quite common in this area, we live in a terrace like this at the moment, with no hallway whatsoever. Definitely a pain when you have visitors but strangely I don't find it a nuisance - it's amazing how quickly you adapt to various imperfections if you want to. Obviously if I could afford a small mansion with a tennis court in my garden like this one just round the corner - www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-68038575.html - then I'd go for that one instead ;-)0
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ShipleyGlen said:@zagubov in this house the cut-out corner is like a wardrobe i.e. not to full height and obstructing a window (see pic 13). If it were a full height it would obstruct the window even more. It's not just a corner it's a bit of an odd one. Do you see what I mean?
I was going to say that it wouldn't bother me, but actually that's very odd and I'd have to change it somehow......
I'm fine with a front door opening into a kitchen - we had a large five bed house with that set up - much preferable to a living room, imho!
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The biggest problem with it is that if you look at the floor plan it is obvious that there is only space for 4 bedrooms and they have split what should be one room into two really small spaces on the top floor to make it into a 5 bed so that they can charge the price of a 5 bed for what is actually only a maximum of 4 and would be better as 3. This is going to mean that it is overpriced to start with before you spend any money on it and you would do better to look for a 3 bed.
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