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Loft conversions.
We've got a tiny Victorian terrace, interior width about 4.3M.
We thinking of getting an L-shaped conversion to add 2 guest rooms and a shower room. The shower room will be separate not an ensuite. One of the guest rooms will also be an office.
Layout 1 is to have the bathroom at the front, running between the stairs and the eaves. So the larger bedroom would be less than full width but run full front to back with velux at the front and a dormer at the back.
Layout 2 is to have the bathroom in the dormer, so the larger room has the full width at the front, though it still loses width at the stairs, but it doesn't run full front to back. It would have velux at the front and the bathroom wall at the back.
Layout 1 means the bigger room has windows at both ends, one with a garden view and maybe a juliet balcony. Everything being equal, it would be a nicer room, and if a future buyer wants to make it a master suite they just need to remove the corridor wall.
In layout 2 the bigger room has more full height wallspace for storage. It will definitely be possible to run a proper soil pipe from the bathroom. It might be less hot in summer without a south-facing window. It doesn't lose as much space in hallway/corridor. Everything being equal, it's more practical.
Anyone else done a similar conversion? Which layout did you go for and why?