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Habitable room

  • 12-08-2020 11:13am
    #1
    Littleredcar
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭


    I am about to put for sale a 3 bed house with garage conversion to a kitchen dining room. It as sold to us as a lean too. I’ve engaged an architect for a compliance cert and he was happy enough but did say in report they the dining room floor to ceiling is under 8ft so Technically not habitable room. So do you think I will have issue. Otherwise house is in great condition I just need a four bed and extra bathrooms which is why I’m moving


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  • #2
    Housebuying
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭Housebuying


    Littleredcar wrote: »
    I am about to put for sale a 3 bed house with garage conversion to a kitchen dining room. It as sold to us as a lean too. I’ve engaged an architect for a compliance cert and he was happy enough but did say in report they the dining room floor to ceiling is under 8ft so Technically not habitable room. So do you think I will have issue. Otherwise house is in great condition I just need a four bed and extra bathrooms which is why I’m moving

    Same as yourself I guess, sold as storage. I would get the EA to mention it to serious buyers. Save you going to contracts and it coming up as an issue. Attics are sold across the country as storage when they are clearly bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes and the likes


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Littleredcar wrote: »
    I am about to put for sale a 3 bed house with garage conversion to a kitchen dining room. It as sold to us as a lean too. I’ve engaged an architect for a compliance cert and he was happy enough but did say in report they the dining room floor to ceiling is under 8ft so Technically not habitable room. So do you think I will have issue. Otherwise house is in great condition I just need a four bed and extra bathrooms which is why I’m moving

    Did you carry out the conversion or was the room there when you bought the house?


  • #4
    Littleredcar
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Littleredcar


    It was already converted I did a bit of internal work


  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Littleredcar wrote: »
    It was already converted I did a bit of internal work

    Did you not get a certificate from the people you bought it from?


  • #6
    Littleredcar
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Littleredcar


    No bought as lean to


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  • #7
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Littleredcar wrote: »
    No bought as lean to

    So you converted it?

    I’m confused now??,,,


  • #8
    Littleredcar
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Littleredcar


    No the sale papers instead of looking for planning said it was a lean too extension but it was a kitchen diner but it was in a bad Staten we insulated rewire put in new floors new roof new windows and a new kitchen


  • #9
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Unless you comply with building regs- it doesn't matter how elaborate a refurb you did on it- its storage, full stop.


  • #10
    Littleredcar
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Littleredcar


    The compliance report says everything else fine but adds “technically” it’s not habitable as just short of 8 feet.
    If worse happens we would have to reroof or maybe if we took extra insulation out and had the ceiling redone we could do it


  • #11
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,278 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Littleredcar wrote: »
    The compliance report says everything else fine but adds “technically” it’s not habitable as just short of 8 feet.
    If worse happens we would have to reroof or maybe if we took extra insulation out and had the ceiling redone we could do it

    Most people will overlook the fact that it is classified as storage- and take it for what it is. You bought a 'lean-to' after-all? I wouldn't invest anything further in it- as frankly, you'll not get the money back. If a subsequent purchaser wants to regularise the situation- they will be aware of what they have to do. For now- I'd just proceed- with reasonable caveats regarding the status of the kitchen/diner to any prospective purchasers.


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