Daft layout of the week

m00m00

and have average incomes in the area gone up to match ?


a resounding no

(I know the yorkshire area very well)

PasturesNew

m00m00 wrote: »

spot the flaw ?

it's almost 1/4 of million for a terrace in Otley.

I had a look through, selecting houses/more than 3 bedrooms it was the 55th cheapest. Many of which appear a much better buy than this one.

clutton_2

is there no end to the ingenuity of design ideas which are needed to change what used to be 2-up-2-down houses (originally with no bath and a earth closet in the garden) into houses with indoor bathrooms ..... i have seen this design quite frequently, and sometimes it works better than others.

Redhouse

kunekune wrote: »

Can you spot the flaw in this house?
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You spelt 'floor' wrong. And they are at the bottom of every picture...

Sorry, couldn't resist!

(I'm here all week!)

MadMonkey

That is actually a common layout for terraces round here (up norf) - 2 living rooms with a tiny kitchen on the back and then stairs in the middle with a bedroom either side and the bathroom accessible through a bedroom.

They have actually improved this house by adding an ensuite.

The houses have had the kitchen / bathroom added after they were built - initially the back living room was the kitchen and the bathroom was just an outside loo.

They were then "modernised" by attaching a kitchen / bathroom extension which made the bathroom only accessible through the bedroom. This might be a pita but it is a lot better than going outside for the toilet which would not e a big selling point !

I have a friend who lives in an identical house minus the ensuite and loft conversion.

moomin_white

it's got to be 'how on earth do you get in the shower cubicle?'!!!

wishiwasarichgirl

moomin_white wrote: »

it's got to be 'how on earth do you get in the shower cubicle?'!!!

its one of those corner opening ones
http://www.plumbworld.co.uk/coram-premier-corner-entry-1471-1962

trogg

Broadly in agreement with chappers on this, although I would probably put the en suite at the back because of the hassle of installing the soil pipe to the toilet. Also I would block up the kitchen door and fit a window, install a new worktop under the new window (although it would have to be a 400mm wide worktop using wall cupboards as base units).
And French doors in the dining room.





Sorry about the shabby plan, I’ve only got Microsoft paint.
Hope I’m not infringing on any copyrights.:p

neverdespairgirl

MadMonkey wrote: »

That is actually a common layout for terraces round here (up norf) - 2 living rooms with a tiny kitchen on the back and then stairs in the middle with a bedroom either side and the bathroom accessible through a bedroom.

My parents' old house in rural Kent was originally a 2 up, 2 down terrace. When I say, "originally", it was built thus in 1490-odd, and stayed that way for the next 450 years.

Once indoor plumbing became fashionable, a (1930s) extension added a proper kitchen downstairs, another bedroom upstairs, and a bathroom and loo. Circa 1960, the loft was converted into a 4th bedroom.

My parents bought the house next door a few years after buying the first house - the second was a tiny fill-in terrace, only 12 feet wide. After knocking through at the back, that added a breakfast room, another living room, and a second bathroom downstairs, and two small bedrooms upstairs. That meant that my sister and I, sleeping on the newer side of the house, had to descend the world's steepest and most uneven staircase, and go through the living room and breakfast room to go to the loo.

People are a lot more forgiving of these kind of eccentricities in really old houses, though. Goes with the territory.

Jonbvn

Wow!

£217k for a house from "Last of the Summer Wine"?