Bedsitters

peter barrins

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xper

Generally speaking, a studio apartment would not considered to be the same as a bedsit. A studio apartment would be self-contained with all facilities including a separate bathroom accessible exclusively to the occupant. Usually the only difference between a studio apartment and a standard apartment is that your bedroom and living room are the same space. In a bedsit, the washing and/or toilet facilities would be commonly outside the private living space and shared with one or more other bedsits. These shared hygiene facilities would be main point on which bedsits are now illegal.

loyatemu

old-style bedsits with a shared bathroom don't meet the new regs. a "studio" would generally have its own bathroom I think.

discodavie

The regs were changed in 2008 and came into sffect in Feb.

A bedsit was basically a room with a bed and a shared toilet shower between the house.

Biggest change is that each "unit" (studio flat etc.) must meet a specific minimum standard.

From the SI

Sanitary Facilities
6. (1) There shall be provided within the habitable area of the house, for
the exclusive use of the house:
(a) A watercloset, with dedicated wash hand basin adjacent thereto with
a continuous supply of cold water and a facility for the piped supply
of hot water, and
(b) A fixed bath or shower with continuous supply of cold water and a
facility for the piped supply of hot water.


So the shared options are illegal

Heating Facilities
7. (1) Every room used, or intended for use, by the tenant of the house as
a habi
(a) a permanently fixed appliance or appliances capable of providing
effective heating,
(b) suitable and adequate facilities for the safe and effective removal of
fumes and other products of combustion to the external air.
(2) The operation of any appliance referred to in sub-article (1)(a) shall be
capable of being independently manageable by the tenant.

So landlord controlled heating is out of the question


Food Preparation and Storage and Laundry
(2) Subject to sub-article (1), there shall be provided, within the habitable
area of the house, for the exclusive use of the house:
(a) 4 ring hob with oven and grill,
(b) Suitable facilities for the effective and safe removal of fumes to the
external air by means of a cooker hood or extractor fan,
(c) Fridge and freezer or fridge-freezer,
(d) Microwave oven,
(e) Sink, with a piped supply of cold water taken direct from the service
pipe supplying water from the public main or other source to the
building containing the house and a facility for the piped supply of
hot water, and an adequate draining area,
(f) Suitable and adequate number of kitchen presses for food storage
purposes,
(g) Washing machine, or access to a communal washing machine facility
within the curtilage of the building, and
(h) Where the house does not contain a garden or yard for the exclusive
use of that house, a dryer (vented or recirculation type).

Basically your own bathroom, a 4 ring cooker, extractor fan, adequate food storage, no fridges with iceboxes and a washing machine.

If a studio has these things and the main building is up to code then no probs

peter barrins

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StillWaters

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Yes. There is nothing illegal about small and shabby.