Turning understairs into a toilet?

[Peachy94]

I’m doing some renovations to my house in a couple of months - rewire, plaster, new kitchen, decorating etc and I’m debating whether to turn the cupboard under the stairs into a downstairs toilet, for anyone that’s done it do you think it was worth it and what did you do with all the coats, shoes, general crap that was once housed in it?

You need to consider the plumbing because unless the future toilets share a wall with a bathroom it will be a massive PIA.
And ventilation might also be an issue if no wall to external house walls.

Ventilation was the main problem when my in laws did it. Soundproofing too.

The new toilet would be underneath the current bathroom and is on an external wall. My ex is a plumber and when we first bought the house he said it would be easy to do the plumbing to it.

So it is just a clutter issue.
We keep our shoes in the garage and in the laundry next to the garage we have a big clothes rack where we hang the coats. School bags are kept in the kids' rooms or the studio.

Also need to bear in mind building regs - if you are in Scotland highly unlikely you’d be allowed to do this due to disability access regulations requiring sufficient space for manoeuvre of a wheelchair. Not sure what the deal is down south. Though if you aren’t planning to move and you can find a willing plumber/builder you might get away without making it compliant... many won’t take on the job however.

We're in the middle of doing this now. Literally. We have no floor in there at the mo. I really hope it's worth it.

@NuffingChora you must have missed the bit in which the OP says her ex is a plumber and would do it.

@NuffingChora
Surely Scotland doesn’t require every loo in each private home has wheelchair access?

Lilies - no, I didn’t miss it, but given the use of the term ‘ex’ I didn’t like to make any assumptions either way about the current amicability of their relationship, and likelihood of this person still being willing to do the work...

Foxmuffin - not every loo, no, but in the case of the addition of a new facility, on the principal living level/entrance level, as it sounds like is happening here, it should be compliant. See the following link, section 3.12.5 - Building Standards

As I stated previously, I don’t know what the deal is elsewhere in UK, but thought it was worth flagging anyway as there may be similar regulations elsewhere.