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For reference, our old place was the same general space; the previous owners had flipped the stairs to make it 3 properly independent bedrooms. The bathroom downstairs does invariably put people off, but I think that would be offset by the more usable upstairs layout. The whole bathroom downstairs thing is a bit of a puzzle to me. There are just as many advantages as there are disadvantages, but most people only seem to see the downside.
For what it's worth, our various neighbours had all of the different possible arrangements, and ours sold for the most.
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Yeah, I guess it is down to how you want to use the space. We need a guest room as parents live a way away, and the back room would make a great kids room for the first couple of years.
I can't see the problem with a downstairs room myself, but I'm worried that we'd be reducing the value of the house. It's good to know that shouldn't be the case. We also want to try to leave as much as possible for future owners (or ourselves) in case people want to have a bathroom upstairs.
beseku
So... we are looking at a typical small victorian terrace, with the three bedrooms upstairs and a downstairs bathroom at the back of the house through the kitchen.
Except, the owners have converted the third room (which is accessible only via the second bedroom) to a bathroom too. I don't understand this, as you still need to have a bathroom downstairs for guests in the front bedroom, or reverse the stair case and create a corridor to the upstairs bathroom by making the bedroom smaller.
My immediate thought is to convert the bathroom back to a bedroom and research suggests that will improve the value of the house? Do people really hate downstairs bathrooms that much? And how much does it cost to cap all the plumbing and convert a bathroom to a normal room?