Removing an en suite

[LustyLew]

Hi all,

So I've found flat I really like, here.

Going for a second viewing tomorrow morning in better light.

I'm torn. The 'master' bedroom has an en-suite bathroom. It's huge! I mean, disproportionately big. so much so, once there's a double bed in the room, you'd be hard pressed to fit a set of drawers in there, never mind a wardrobe of any kind.

My plan would be to remove the en-suite and upgrade the bathroom (next door) with a much nicer suite with decent shower over head. I could then reclaim some room in the master bedroom and have a good sized built in wardrobe. So, it's a two bed flat so hardly 'family home'. But am I insane? I'm not really planning on taking in a lodger as it's for my o/h and I to live in.
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[angryjonny]

If you're knocking walls out and changing suites, I'd be more tempted to remove the cupboard near the front door and shift the two bathrooms back, making a bigger master. Lot of work though.

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Do it.

I've never understood the appeal of an en-suite. Who wants to hear their beloved's grunts, farts and splashes? Or have them hear yours? Puts me right off.

Also it's hardly a long way to the other bathroom in a flat, is it?

It's a good idea of yours to take it out. You won't lose value IMO if you make the bedroom larger with built-in storage.
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[LustyLew]

[nowhere.elysium]

[snowsurfer]

Two hundred.............. AAAAND twenty

THOUSAND????!??!

For a 2 bed flat? You Londoners are fukkin mental!

I was going say that's quite a bit of work for a flat but if its valued at that then maybe not too bad. Although you may dent the value if you remove the en suite.
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If it's only for you why not make second bedroom into a dressing room and have a nice clean bedroom with no clutter
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[Poseidon]

[angryjonny]

2 bed flats round our way go for 230-250. With an en-suite they're more like 250-280. 300 for a great one.

This may be because those with en-suites are in newer, more desirable developments, rather than just the existence of the room itself.

I'd echo Poseidon on how nice en-suites are to have. There are only two of us rattling around in our house normally but it's great when we have guests to be able to give them exclusive use of a bathroom.

[grr666]

Removing it will knock a good 10k off the flat. Especially if all the other flats still have theirs and esp at South East
prices, my sister still lives quite close to that flat. The point about guests is a good one, my pals live in London
so we regularly have weekend house guests, even just having a second toilet is a godsend when we have visitors.
My house rules are boys shit downstairs in the cloakroom and girls shit upstairs in the bathroom

I'd love an en suite in my bedroom, but this house can't really accommodate one. I can convert the
downstairs cloakroom into a downstairs shower and toilet if I move a couple of walls, aiming to start on that next year.
And of course it will add value to my home. And that's never a bad thing.
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[angryjonny]

One other thing... My last house had just the one bathroom which, in that one, meant just the one toilet. It was always at the back of my mind that if it ever broke or blocked, I'd be crapping in the garden for a while. Redundancy in essential services is nice.

[Northern Monkey]

[grr666]

Some say all you really need is a lay by...
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[CHR15]

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[Robby]

Removing the bathroom stuff and capping off the pipes is fairly easy if you want to turn the bathroom into a cupboard. Moving the wall could be tricky, you'd need a builder to tell you.

It would knock off some value, but you only care about the value when buying or selling - the rest of the time you want somewhere nice to live.

[GSTEEL32]

I think if your en-suite is a dedicated separate room, it's worth saving.


If your en-suite is this modern approach to just cornering off part of your normal bedroom, it's worth loosing.

I've seen shitters put behind fitted wardrobes when house hunting..... bad times .....

[BTTD]

Ensuites are increasingly popular which means you'll spend money and time removing value from your flat. In this respect, don't do it. I agree that the design of the flat could be better, but the cost involved in changing it around is unlikely to be returned - I'm assuming this isn't your forever home.

[J4mes]

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[LustyLew]

Thanks for all the advice!

I went and viewed the property again on Saturday in daylight. Also spotted the floor in the kitchen would need replacing and three of the windows didn't close properly, leaving 1" caps with the wind whistling through them!

Nothing major, but just lots of little jobs to do.

I did look at moving the family bathroom a long a bit and thus making the room to keep en suite, but it's just not worth it. It's going to be over £10k for work (I'm not a keen DIYer), I couldn't confidently say I'd recoup that in the time I'd want to live there.

NEXT!
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[Doovy]

Plus the estate agents grammar...

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[DrDonnyBrago]

https://media.rightmove.co.uk/8k/7423/55593284/7423_4912_FLP_01_0000_max_600x600.jpg

Is a whacking great en suite, could you make it just a bog room, so half the size?