Why having a bathroom that comes off the kitchen could knock £20k off your home

BUYING and selling a house is an expensive business, with the kitchen and bathroom usually the most important areas along with location.

These rooms are expensive to re-do, and while having dated decor and appliances can let you down - the layout is also crucial. 

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While most of us would love a downstairs loo, it turns out having the only bathroom accessed via the kitchen can knock thousands off the asking price. 

A survey by of UK homeowners and prospective buyers found accessibility is key, and this type of layout isn’t popular. 

Bathrooms tacked on to kitchens are usually found in older-style or terraced houses, as they were built when outhouses were the norm, so bathrooms were added on at the back of the house in a later extension. 

But they’ve become less appealing in the modern market, with nearly half - 49 per cent - of Brits admitting they’d offer £7,000 less if a house had this layout. 

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While a fifth went as far as saying they’d offer between £10,000 and £20,000 lower than the asking price if the only bathroom was through the kitchen. 

So if you’re currently house-hunting, it’s worth noting this layout could cost you in the future.

The survey also found that people are likely to pay more if a house has an en suite, with three-quarters of buyers saying they’d offer more for a property with this feature. 

It helps the sale of the property if you have a modern bathroom

Tom Greenacre

A third admitted they’d increase their offer if a house had more bathrooms, rather than bedrooms.

While three in four Brits would also pay more for a house which had a bathroom which had been modernised or recently refurbished. 

Tom Greenacre, Divisional Sales Director at , noted: “Nine out of ten times, it helps the sale of the property if you have a modern bathroom, opposed to an old fashioned one.”

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