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Selling house with no downstairs bathroom

  • 21-09-2014 8:12am
    #1
    Tyson Lannister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I bought a house a few years ago. The house had a downstairs bathroom but no utility room. I changed the bathroom into a utility room - it wouldn't be easy to change it back!!
    Question is, have I a problem now when it comes to selling due to having no disabled access toilet?

    Any help appreciated. Thanks.


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,755 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Pretty sure those regulations only relate to new builds, what you change it to afterwards is your oen business.


  • #3
    Tyson Lannister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭Tyson Lannister


    It was built around 2004 if that makes any difference.


  • #4
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Tyson Lannister wrote: »
    It was built around 2004 if that makes any difference.

    Yip...the WC that was there, was there to comply with Part M of the Building Regulations. Removing the WC now means the house is not in compliance with Building Regulations and could cause you an issue when selling (that's if somebody cops on to it).

    Generally all/any alterations to an existing house should not 'worsen' (can't think of an appropriate word) compliance with Building Regulations.


  • #5
    Tyson Lannister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭Tyson Lannister


    I suppose the buyers engineer would red flag it? Is it case then that they can't buy it due to it being non compliant or more likely they would use it as leverage for knocking the price down?


  • #6
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Tyson Lannister wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    I bought a house a few years ago. The house had a downstairs bathroom but no utility room. I changed the bathroom into a utility room - it wouldn't be easy to change it back!!
    Question is, have I a problem now when it comes to selling due to having no disabled access toilet?

    Any help appreciated. Thanks.
    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Pretty sure those regulations only relate to new builds, what you change it to afterwards is your oen business.

    Basically it breaches Part M of the Building Regulations because it was there before hand. You can alter the building so long as you don't make it worse or make a greater contravention to the regulations.


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