Add an extra bedroom or keep large bathroom?

rach_k

What are the dimensions of the current bathroom?

Our house is similar, but the third bedroom and bathroom are in what you now have as a bathroom.  Would that be possible in your bathroom? 

Our bathroom really is miniscule at 1.5m x 1.65m - the bath is shorter than average, the sink is a cloakroom one and the toilet is compact - but it worked perfectly well for us as a family of 4 with two small children.  The third bedroom has always been more useful than a big bathroom would have been.  The bedroom is also small, with just enough room for a single bed, chest of drawers and a desk (plus the cupboard you can see on the floorplan), but that's fine for a child/teen or for using as a study, which is what we do.

Now we have a bigger bathroom in the loft, we'll change the old bathroom in a shower room - it'll be just right then - anything much bigger would be a waste of space.  Even without that, we paid more for a 3 bedroom with a tiny bathroom than we would have for a 2 bedroom with a larger bathroom.  

AdrianC

Help1234 said:

The dimensions can be found in the description here:
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/32-crewe-green-avenue/haslington/crewe/cw1-5nt/51838127

5'2" x 8'6" is a tiny bathroom. In real money, that's not even 1.6 x 2.6m
6'1" x 8'7" is a tiny bedroom. 1.85m x 2.6m

Do that, you're going to hurt saleability, not improve it. You stand zero chance of recouping the costs, let alone making enough of a margin to make the time/effort/blood pressure worth it.

Help1234

I understand what you are saying @AdrianC as it will ruin the layout. We love having two large bedrooms and a large bathroom. We are only considering it because a 2-bed nicely done on the street sold for £171,000 whereas that converted 3-bed sold for £195,000.

Alan2020

Depends on where you are, where we live in London, it circa about £150k extra for every bedroom, and 1.85 by 2.6m is a double bedroom and a big one.  Thinking of it, 2 going to 3 is £150k, 3 going up to 4 is about £200k extra and 4 to 5 is about £300k.

Can you put another child or house mate in a big bathroom - no, can the fit in a 2m by 2m room, indeed