Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Mar 06, 2015 7:28 pm Hi I am new here and wanting some advice.... We have a 1950's house (originally 2 bedroom), then before we brought the house an extension was added (probably in the 80s) off the 2nd bedroom. Unfortunately this killed the 2nd bedroom! The extension was 1 large room 2.86 x 8m with french doors at one end. We split the room in half giving us a 2nd bedroom & a playroom for our kids. The original 2nd bedroom is currently used as a study. We are about to put our house on the market and the odd layout I feel is an issue. We are contemplating putting a wall in (with an internal slide door) giving us a small 3rd bedroom and a walk way into the extension - this walkway would have the existing build in wardrobes in it. If we did this the bedroom size would be 2.4m x 2.86m which is small but really as you currently have to walk thru this room to get to the next, the usable space is about the same. What do you think? Would you bother putting the wall in? Or leave as is? I wish I could add a plan to show you what I mean, I hope you understand Thanks in advance Rachel Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 2Mar 09, 2015 12:16 pm Creating a new "small" room is a waste of time these days. people want big rooms these days, certainly nothing under 10 sq metres. Leave it as is, the buyer might have a completely different idea anyway. Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 3Mar 09, 2015 9:16 pm I agree. A tiny room is limiting and may attract attention to a problem, whereby an open room may not be an issue. I'd mention to the agent that this could be done so he could mention it if people see it as a problem. But advertise it as a study area. No use spending money unnecessarily. We have a house where this was done but it was the 3rd bedroom. The tenants use it as a study. We too split the extension, making a bedroom and a second living area. Speak to a few agents to see whether they see it as an issue. Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 4Mar 11, 2015 11:26 am No way you can sketch and add a simple "mud map"? Otherwise, have you asked the opinion of your real estate agent? I'm sure they'd be in the best position to understand the market, who's likely to buy your house, and what is going to be most appealing/add to value and saleability. Cheers, Damien Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 5Mar 13, 2015 1:44 pm Definitely would leave it as most people do want a feeling of spaciousness these days. Perhaps look at reconfiguring the room use and furniture to make the problem less obvious? Just while the house is on the market... Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 6Mar 24, 2015 5:12 pm Absolutely Right, A home with slight rooms is less ample to buy. Nowadays people want cavernous home. According to me single buddy or small family can afford your home. If you are lucky you may get good value for your home in the market with the help of an agent. Re: Fixing an impractical extension??? 7Jul 15, 2015 12:52 pm Hi Just to update we left our house as is but got it professionally staged as 3 bedroom with 2 living. Sold our house on the first open, accepted an offer in the middle of our price range Thanks for the advice I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9551 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4835 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair This is a very challenging situation, made much harder by not being on site. Firstly, I think that I originally… 10 8936 |