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After everyone's advice a few weeks ago I hesitated and bought this instead, it's around the corner from the previous place but much more in my comfort zone re-do wise, plus it had a Worcester boiler with mag-wotsit fitted not long ago so the CH is up to scratch and apart from the low sockets upstairs the electrics look ok, I got in first with a low bid but there were 7 people lined up to see it the next day so offered full asking in the end and got it.
Lots to do and can't wait to get started but I'll take the advice from this thread and do it over s long period to get used to the space, if the kitchens in by Xmas it'd be a bonus but no rush
Any ideas how to best use the space?
That utility room I'm thinking will have s new roof / french door and convert it to a little dining room (with heating) as long as I can hide the washer/dryer somewhere
Thanks for the replies last time around, really helped
If your parking out front, make sure your handbrake is good and turn the kerbside wheel inwards 😉
It looks like it has been squeezed hard to be converted to a 4 bed. I'd be tempted to make it a nice 3 bed. Put a proper bathroom upstairs at the back and then either open up the kitchen/bathroom to a bigger kitchen or convert the downstairs bathroom to a utility and loo. Upgrading the lean-to to a nice summer room will be good. You could put a new back door into the kitchen space then block up the existing door and put a door in from the lounge.
Plenty of room for a nice shed too.
Looks a great blank slate!
Could you copy this layout?
From £60k to £145k! Looks like it has had quite a lot of work, but it sounded like that was what you were after
Ha, current thinking was a do-up and tidy to maximise space rather than move the main bathroom upstairs but that's the kind of advice I'm after as an option
I have limited funds available for big jobs like that, so need the most bang for buck throughout, so far I've thought as far as new kitchen, bathroom units and deco (those green tiles in the bathroom are painted green!) Then stripping the upstairs floorboards back and having 3 bedrooms and an a tidy seperate office space to WFH
I'm not looking to flip and when I sell it'd make a decent family home so bath/shower rather than a large wall in is the aim I'll go for - although I'm yet to see a nice combi-bath/shower
I need to get in and live in it for a few months ideally but closing up the rear door is a nice idea, I need to see what options are there for extending out the back a bit as french doors might nice for that although it's not the best view on the world from the rear door and is probs only useful on a handful of days per year!
I did think about converting the small bedroom at the back into a bedroom/on-suite but then everyone would lose access to the upstairs loo so I'll probs keep as seperate shower/sink/toilet plus office / 3 beds
Then stripping the upstairs floorboards back
Don't do this . Do you like noise downstair......do you like the cold drafts coming in through your floor.
I know what you mean TR but my old house had bare/varnished boards upstairs and I never had a problem with it
I'd make the upstairs bathroom bigger using the small bedroom, then you could make the now redundant downstairs bathroom a spare room which could be an office or 4th bedroom if needed. With there already being fresh water and waste for the shower room it shouldn't be too big a job plumbing wise.
Downstairs looks like a lot of doors to me, door into lounge, doors between lounge and living room and a door into the living room fro m corridor. Id consider blocking up the double sliding doors between the two rooms so they are separate spaces. Then see if you can remove the wall and door between living room and corridor for more space in that room.
Looks like a solid house an older person has owned. Which can be a good thing as the older generation tended to look after their houses a lot better and don’t miss the essentials like the roof, guttering etc which can cause huge issues down the line.
There’s a lot I could do myself there, but if you’re reliant on other people doing most of the work then it’ll be costly.
Yeah was an older persons home, that corridor wall isn't load bearing so can come out to open up downstairs
Re bathroom, upstairs bathrooms are preferred reselling but I don't think that's as much of a problem as long as there is a toilet+sink upstairs - the ground floor would be the main one for getting in off muddy walks/rides etc straight from the rear door without tramping upstairs, different for everyone though
Re bathroom, upstairs bathrooms are preferred reselling but I don’t think that’s as much of a problem as long as there is a toilet+sink upstairs – the ground floor would be the main one for getting in off muddy walks/rides etc straight from the rear door without tramping upstairs, different for everyone though
Yep, whatever works for you. good plan to live there for a bit and see how it goes before splashing out too much money. I'd go for a proper bathroom upstairs then turn the downstairs bathroom into a utility room and toilet/shower room. Move the back door to the new utility room. That gives somewhere to keep coats and boots and you can chuck stuff straight in the washing machine and jump in the shower. Upstairs bathroom makes the house more "normal". If you need 4 bedrooms then fair enough but I wouldn't keep that 4th bedroom just to have it as an office. You can use a corner of a bedroom for now then maybe look to getting a summerhouse office outside. That'll give you some separation with work/home.