We’re planning a single storey extension and are waiting for building control approval after securing planning permission. The extension will put a kitchen-diner on the back of the house and turn our existing galley kitchen into a downstairs loo (opening into the hall) and utility room (opening into the kitchen). I can’t link the floor plan but it’s a classic 1930s semi.
Our architect has just got back to me to say that we can’t put a window in the planned downstairs toilet because there is currently no window on that side of the house and it is overlooking the boundary. The boundary of our property is less than a metre from our house - it’s a fence - and the neighbouring house is about 30cm from the fence, albeit with no windows on the side wall facing our side wall so there’s no privacy to infringe, if you see what I mean. It would literally be a small frosted pane of glass. But apparently we can’t have a window.
He has suggested putting in a door with the top half in frosted glass for privacy purposes to let in light. I really don’t like the idea of this - it means when you walk through the front door into the hall, the first thing you’ll see will be a door with frosted glass in it, as opposed to a 1930s style door.
Has anyone else had this? What did you do to allow light in? Has anyone had a windowless downstairs WC?