Could this be easily achieved?

[JCGD]

Hello, We are looking at changing the layout of our main bedroom.

 

Our current layout looks like the below.

 

 

The image below is basically what we want (Merge the bedrooms into one), with the ensuite moved down slightly and a doorway at the end of the hall. Bedroom 1 would become a walk in wardrobe and bedroom 3 would become the master bed.

 

 

Would something like this be overly expensive? Just looking to gauge what sort of ballpark figure we would be looking at. The house is a bungalow so this is ground floor.

[ProDave]

The first unknown is do either of the existing bathroom walls help support the roof?  That needs to be known before you can take one of them down.

 

Then what is the floor?  A solid floor with the drain pipes buried in the floor will need to be dug up, pipes re routed and floor re laid.  A suspended timber floor is is usually much easier to re route pipes.

 

Although it may suit your needs better, reducing the bedroom count by 1 will probably devalue the property.

[JCGD]

3 minutes ago, ProDave said:

The first unknown is do either of the existing bathroom walls help support the roof?  That needs to be known before you can take one of them down.

 

Then what is the floor?  A solid floor with the drain pipes buried in the floor will need to be dug up, pipes re routed and floor re laid.  A suspended timber floor is is usually much easier to re route pipes.

 

Although it may suit your needs better, reducing the bedroom count by 1 will probably devalue the property.

 

Not entirely sure if they are load bearing (for the roof at least). There is a water tank resting above that ensuite though, so it could be load-bearing?

 

It is a solid floor, so I guess that would make re-routing more difficult.

 

It's our forever home, so not too concerned about de-valueing, it would very much suit our needs better.

[Gill]

I can't offer expertise but we're in a similar position with our bungalow refurb with water tanks in the attic.  You definitely need someone to guide you on load bearing walls - we were lost with what could be done cost effectively.

 

We were lucky to have a architect friend of a friend take a look at our place and confirm what both our plumber & electrician had called out as unlikely to be load bearing.  Helped us with what was going to work well for our loose ideas within existing structure.

 

Had we not got that advice, our next step was going to be to take a plan to a builder. Maybe a route to go down given you know what you want. 

 

 

 

[Dave Jones]

go in loft take a picture of the trusses. 

[Neilp]

On 14/11/2022 at 21:27, JCGD said:

Hello, We are looking at changing the layout of our main bedroom.

 

Our current layout looks like the below.

 

 

The image below is basically what we want (Merge the bedrooms into one), with the ensuite moved down slightly and a doorway at the end of the hall. Bedroom 1 would become a walk in wardrobe and bedroom 3 would become the master bed.

 

 

Would something like this be overly expensive? Just looking to gauge what sort of ballpark figure we would be looking at. The house is a bungalow so this is ground floor.

How about leaving the en-suite where it is but rotate it 90 degrees and you can resize it to fit how you would like it?

[JCGD]

23 hours ago, Neilp said:

How about leaving the en-suite where it is but rotate it 90 degrees and you can resize it to fit how you would like it?

 

Yea, that's a nice idea, would still require a lot of rerouting though