Cost - Removing downstairs bathroom to make kitchen bigger

Arsenal2019

Hello all

i I am in the process of buying a house and I have a question for all. I would like to remove the downstairs bathroom as the kitchen is very small, and I would like to make the kitchen bigger.

i have attached a photo of the floor plan for sizes…

I would like to know how much it would cost to remove the bathroom, wall up the bathroom door frame and take down the partitioned wall between the kitchen & bathroom?

I know it’s going to be a rough idea but I haven’t had the chance to ask anyone yet, nor do I really know what tradesmen would be  best to ask

additionally, would getting rid of the downstairs loo for a bigger kitchen de-value the house?? Has anyone had experience of this 

thanks

Brie

How long is a piece of string??  Do you know if there's anything special about the wall in between the kitchen and loo??  Don't think any planning permission would be required.  And you're happy that any guests would use the other loo that is presumably upstairs?  

We had a kitchen refit with no walls being moved and that was £18k I think with all the extras included.  Included new cupboards, fridge/freezer, sink, dishwasher, double cooker, gas hob, extractor (recycler type), new floor.  But no walls or boarding up other stuff.  

Arsenal2019

Brie said:

How long is a piece of string??  Do you know if there's anything special about the wall in between the kitchen and loo??  Don't think any planning permission would be required.  And you're happy that any guests would use the other loo that is presumably upstairs?  

We had a kitchen refit with no walls being moved and that was £18k I think with all the extras included.  Included new cupboards, fridge/freezer, sink, dishwasher, double cooker, gas hob, extractor (recycler type), new floor.  But no walls or boarding up other stuff.  

Hi, thanks for the reply. 

Yeah, it wouldn’t bother me people having to use the upstairs loo as every house I’ve lived in has never had a downstairs one 

I don’t think there’s anything special about the wall between the rooms. Other than it may have electrical wires along them as the fridge / freezer is against that wall. 

It’s a very small kitchen currently as you can see from the photos so I would like to think a new kitchen (ignoring the removal of the wall) would cost half of £18k!

 

AskAsk

A downstairs toilet add value, but in this case, the house is quite small, so removing it to make the downstairs bigger would add value.

Get a builder round.  If the walls are supporting walls, it will be costly.  You will need to get building regs but not planning permission.

strawb_shortcake

Regards the downstairs toilet, this is top of our priority list in looking for a new home, without we can't really have elderly relatives to visit. May not impact the price but may impact the saleability 

user1977

How old is the house? If it's relatively new then the loo is probably there to comply with building regulations (i.e. that there's a WC accessible without having to go upstairs) - so removing it would make the property non-compliant (assuming you're not moving it somewhere else).

Alderbank

When was your house built?

If the building regulations when it was built required a ground floor visitor-accessible toilet in the entrance storey then the alterations should not result in a toilet facility that is less satisfactory for a visitor to use than it was before the building works were carried out.

ijustlovesavingmoney

Just a idea, can you move the WC to under the stairs, I would find it difficult to go upstairs as I have mobility problems, do you think taking the wall down will make much of a difference to the kitchen? best of luck with you project

lincroft1710

House with GF WC, I would be interested, no GF WC no thank you (current and previous 2 houses have all had GF WC as well as FF bathroom). I would also guess that is a reasonably recent house and GF WC required by building regs

jonnydeppiwish!

In theory, free for you to take the walk out, assuming it’s non load bearing.
However, have you thought about just opening the doorway to the hallway up?

AskAsk

jonnydeppiwish! said:

In theory, free for you to take the walk out, assuming it’s non load bearing.
However, have you thought about just opening the doorway to the hallway up?

My friend did this and building regs stopped him as they said there needs to be a hallway for fire safety, although that was a flat.  They agreed he could continue with the work if fire doors were put in all rooms.  So building regs may not like the idea of no hallway.