Advise re attic bedroom.

MultiFuelBurner

theartfullodger said:

Fire escape.  Gorra av one.

For what a residential home with a loft conversion decades ago?

Are you saying anyone with a loft conversion has to update the loft every few years when building regs change?

The more you reply the more absurd it becomes 

user1977

theartfullodger said:

Fire escape.  Gorra av one.

"Gorra" in what sense? As above, there's no general need for older properties to be upgraded to meet more modern regulations.

locationx3

A serious load of retrofit insulation needed there by the looks of it.

youth_leader

I am sorry you are going through this, so frustrating for you.  My sale was frustrating as I was selling a Listed Grade II,  and people hadn't researched the restrictions a listing can impose.

Would it be worth spending on a structural survey that you could show viewers? Are they concerned the floor isn't strong enough, or is the lack of a fire door?  What 'safety' does/do building regulation sign offs guarantee?

ThisIsWeird

locationx3 said:

A serious load of retrofit insulation needed there by the looks of it.

Yup!
Looks like original timber studwork, but relatively modern plasterboard. But, blimey, no insulation at all! Brrrrrrrrr!

Ramouth

Am I understanding correctly that there is no door at the bottom of the stair?  That would be the thing that would me question the function of the room if I were looking as a buyer simply from a privacy perspective.  A wireless interlinked fire alarm system wouldn’t be too difficult to fit but if there isn’t room for a door that could be far more difficult to rectify.

Fdbjg123

Ramouth said:

Am I understanding correctly that there is no door at the bottom of the stair?  That would be the thing that would me question the function of the room if I were looking as a buyer simply from a privacy perspective.  A wireless interlinked fire alarm system wouldn’t be too difficult to fit but if there isn’t room for a door that could be far more difficult to rectify.

No there isn’t a door at the bottom. There would be room for one but none of the doors aren’t fire doors so would I have to change the rest? 

RAS

Do you know anyone else in the terrace? Do they have attic bedrooms?

Personally. I also suspect that if you are using similar photos of the room for marketing to those you've put on here, people are going to assume it's only suitable for use other than as a bedroom.

Get a bed, even a single, and bedside  table. Relocate a small chest of drawers etc?

Fdbjg123

RAS said:

Do you know anyone else in the terrace? Do they have attic bedrooms?

Personally. I also suspect that if you are using similar photos of the room for marketing to those you've put on here, people are going to assume it's only suitable for use other than as a bedroom.

Get a bed, even a single, and bedside  table. Relocate a small chest of drawers etc?

Yes mostly everyone on our street has an attic bedroom and have been able to sell their houses as such even though they wouldn’t be complaint with current building regs.

RAS

Then get a bed in the room and tell the EA that everyone else has a third, attic, bedroom.