My house is a Victorian terrace with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom (original 3rd bedroom) on the first floor. While it would be ideal to extend to the loft, this will cost approx. 40k which I struggle to raise (dormer is needed).
I can get 3 bedrooms if I rearrange the first floor by squeezing a small bathroom (size about 1.3m x 2.5m) between the front and back bedrooms. The new bedrooms would be: front bedroom size 5.0m x 2.6m, back bedrooms size 3.0m x 2.4m and 2.5m x 2.5m. This should cost not more than 15-20k (including replastering and redecorating the bedrooms).
In addition, I think it would work for us better than a loft room, as both DC would have a small bedroom each (and loft potential is still there). And I seriously dont mind a windowless bathroom.
But are these too small or too weird to be proper bedrooms? The front bedroom will lose its alcove width to the bathroom. The back bedrooms probably should be called single? But this is in London so even a shoe box is called a bedroom?
I am hoping that this is not our forever house and hopefully in 5-10 years time will be in a position to sell and move, although actually we may never have money to buy our perfect house. So we need to add most value to improve our chances of ever moving.
Any opinions appreciated. Thank you!!