would it be sensible to erect a wall?

Emily_Joy

The house is in perfect location and seems to be in a reasonable condition overall. There is a guest loo with a wash basin on the ground floor. So there will be no reason for day guests to go through the bedroom... Here is what I was thinking about:

Doozergirl

Emily_Joy said:

The house is in perfect location and seems to be in a reasonable condition overall. There is a guest loo with a wash basin on the ground floor. So there will be no reason for day guests to go through the bedroom... Here is what I was thinking about:

That doesn't solve the issue you're talking about.  That's the same house but you've made another room smaller.  

What's the whole floor plan?  It's impossible to guide without one.  We're talking about the balance of a house but can only see one floor. 

mi-key

Emily_Joy said:

The house is in perfect location and seems to be in a reasonable condition overall. There is a guest loo with a wash basin on the ground floor. So there will be no reason for day guests to go through the bedroom... Here is what I was thinking about:

The only problem I can see there is that the new 'room' between the bedroom and office is going to be very dark as it has no windows. Would also be quite small ( about 3x2m main space?  ) and as you would need access to the office you can't really use it for much as you could only put things up against the edges

Emily_Joy

mi-key said:

The only problem I can see there is that the new 'room' between the bedroom and office is going to be very dark as it has no windows. Would also be quite small ( about 3x2m main space?  ) and as you would need access to the office you can't really use it for much as you could only put things up against the edges

Perhaps I am not being clear, let me try again.  The new "room" you are referring to would be a hallway, not a room.  The idea was to separate a part of the current sitting area from the staircase so that staircase leads to the hallway and to create a bedroom this way. There are three bedrooms on the second floor. Then the office wouldn't be used in the morning so that bathroom can be used by habitants of the two bedrooms upstairs that do not have a bathroom.

At the same time, if an elderly relative comes to stay for a week or so, s/he can have entire first floor to herself - that would be a bedroom, a day room, and a bathroom.

theoretica

Emily_Joy said:

The house is in perfect location and seems to be in a reasonable condition overall. There is a guest loo with a wash basin on the ground floor. So there will be no reason for day guests to go through the bedroom... Here is what I was thinking about:

That open 'sitting area' did look a bit odd to me.  But that way you have a dark, dead space between new bedroom and old. Would some of that space be useful for a cupboard/wardrobe for the new bedroom?  Is the wall with double doors in it structural?   Would taking the doors down help lighten things up?

Ganga

MalMonroe said:

Hi, I'm a big fan of Kirstie Allsopp on 'Love it or list it' and my first (crazy) thought was 'ask Kirstie!' Because that kind of thing never fazes her.

If you just want a stud partition wall, you could google 'build a stud partition wall' and things like the following pop up -

https://www.diy.com/ideas-advice/how-to-build-a-stud-partition-wall/CC_npci_100041.art

You could perhaps get a quote from somewhere like B&Q for the materials you need?

Before we divorced, my ex (never done anything like it before) built a stud partition wall just to separate the dining room and kitchen in our small home. He did it on his own, with a bit of help from me and our then 6 year old. It didn't seem to take long and we did a good job (I think!)  I can't remember the cost but it wasn't overly expensive.

Anything more complex, you may need to contact a couple of builders for quotes.

Used to watch that program but stopped watching as nearly every householder spent a lot of money doing up their house as per Kirstie,s ( was it really hers? ) plan then never moved as they had spent their money.

GrubbyGirl_2

Hard to say without seeing the plan for the other floor but would it not be more sensible to make the other ensuite a separate bathroom?

mi-key

Emily_Joy said:

mi-key said:

The only problem I can see there is that the new 'room' between the bedroom and office is going to be very dark as it has no windows. Would also be quite small ( about 3x2m main space?  ) and as you would need access to the office you can't really use it for much as you could only put things up against the edges

Perhaps I am not being clear, let me try again.  The new "room" you are referring to would be a hallway, not a room.  The idea was to separate a part of the current sitting area from the staircase so that staircase leads to the hallway and to create a bedroom this way. There are three bedrooms on the second floor. Then the office wouldn't be used in the morning so that bathroom can be used by habitants of the two bedrooms upstairs that do not have a bathroom.

At the same time, if an elderly relative comes to stay for a week or so, s/he can have entire first floor to herself - that would be a bedroom, a day room, and a bathroom.

Ah OK I see, but are you not losing a living room by doing away with the seating area or is there one on the ground floor? Having a 4 bed house with no living room is a bit of a strange layout ? 

Were you planning on buying this and doing the conversion to rent out the rooms? 

35har1old

Emily_Joy said:

The house is in perfect location and seems to be in a reasonable condition overall. There is a guest loo with a wash basin on the ground floor. So there will be no reason for day guests to go through the bedroom... Here is what I was thinking about:

The aera in the middle will have no natural light and does not solve the issue of the bathroom being ensuite

scottishblondie

Could we see the floor plan for the whole house? Just this floor in isolation with no measurements makes it hard to visualise good solutions.