Wants to install an upstairs bathroom in place of a bedroom anyone done it?

[Itrymybest]

We live in an old house and consequently only have a down stairs bathroom. This is a nightmare with a family of 4. If we turned a bedroom into a bathroom we would then have a 2 bed room rather than 3 bedroom house. Willl it affect the house price? Has anyone done this?

I would suggest a small ensuite in the biggest bedroom that contained a compact shower, basin and wc would be the better route to take, you would retain your 3 bedrooms and also add value to your home.Your biggest instalation problem would be the installation of the soil pipe for the toilet which could involve groundwork to bury the soil pipe.

Not really an option as our bedroom is not that big anyway! Therefore not sure how that would work out tbh. Would be a great solution tho.

Have you considered an attic conversion for an additional bedroom and then convert one of the bedrooms into a bathroom, small ensuites do not take up that much room really normally aound 1.2 metres by 2.5 metres and ideally located on an outside wall to allow for connection to the toilet. You may also be able to convert the existing bathroom into a bedroom.

We live in a small midterrace 100 year old house. Hadnt thought of converting the attic to be honest. Converting the existing bathroom into a bedroom is not an option as my dc are aged 3 and 5 and would like to be near us at night rather than a different floor iyswim. It will prob all cost alot wont it and be alot of upheaval!

I do not know the layout of your house but another option is to remove your hotpress/copper cylinder and reinstall it in the attic which is not a massive job, this might give you enough space for a shower room and possibly a toilet as well, that is of course if you have a hotpress.

No we dont have a hotpress just 3 bedrooms upstairs!

Another option would be to rearrange your intire bedroom layout to make space for a shower room/toilet but this could be very expensive. Do you really need a complete bathroom or just a toilet on its own?

A toilet really. My 5year old uses a potty during the night as he is so worried about using the downstairs toilet during the night or as soon as he gets up. Understandable really bless him.

we did this

made the back bedroom (the one above the kitchen) into a bathroom but we did the loft at the same time

it's worked really well though took AGES to get used to not having a bathroom downstairs!

what did you turn the bathroom into?

I don't know what your house lay out is but ours is a typical 2 up 2 down (also v small rooms)

so reception room at the front, stairs up the middle, reception room at the back

then a narrow galley kitchen that lead straight onto the bathroom

we were planning on extending the kitchen into the bathroom but decided to spend the money on doing the loft instead

at the moment, that back room where the bathroom was now has double doors to the garden (so it's much lighter at the back of the house!) and is a v tiny playroom for the kids with the wii and a tumble dryer in it!

fox - layout sounds EXACTLY like ours!

I felt like you, I didn't like the kids coming downstairs in our night. Our stairs were really steep too and I used to have to go downstairs to wee in the night too grrr!

Once we moved it upstairs it was far better in the night but was really odd during the day for ages. Had also got used to watching the kids in the bath while I was cooking tea!

downstairs in the night

We didn't do it, it was like this when we moved in but we have a bedroom converted into a bathroom and so the bathroom is really big and its brilliant. We also have an attic conversion and where the bathroom used to be downstairs is a utility area. The fridge, washing machine, tumble dryer and dish washer are all down that end and there is room for an airer and it means there is more room for cupboard space in the kitchen which is great. So it works really well for us but I don't know if it lowers the house price. We are a victorian mid terrace as well.

Just install a toilet then, the trick is locate it on an outside wall for ease of connection of the soil pipe and then construct a small room around it, this will keep the costs and the hassle down.

I read recently that unless you live in London you should keep the bedroom if at all possible, to avoid losing value on the house.

I did this. The third bedroom was off one of the othe bedrooms and was only big enough to be a nursery so it made sense. The downstairs bathroom was made smaller and turned into a futility/shower room. The rest of the downstairs bathroom went to increasing the size of the kitchen.

Added value rather than lost because only having a downstairs bathroom puts off some purchasers. We plan to add a loft room with another bathroom.

Off the other bedroom...