"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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John wrote:
Sorry - but I can't remember the opinions given to the point about
most terraced houses having a step down into the kitchen and the back
bedroom. Would anyone care to refresh my memory as I mentioned the
fact to someone and they are now seeking an answer to this never
before noticed fact.

Very, very common around here in turn of the century terraced houses.
Whole
streets of them. I'd go along with 'most'.

The bedroom above has the same step down and is usually converted into a
bathroom. Prolly wouldn't be allowed now as its off a bedroom and it
certainly isn't convenient if a guest in the other bedroom wants the loo
in
the middle of the night.

My first ever house in Essex was the same.

Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk


Very common in Yorkshire as well.

I am not sure how many lofts you have been in above the bathroom in these
types of properties but I am shocked as to how many are open to the next
door neighbours house. Just the bathroom loft not the main loft.

Adam


The house I lived in was an end of terrace so the loft over the back bedroom
/ bathroom was all enclosed. The back bedroom became a bathroom and a
smaller bedroom. there was a passage from the stairs leading to this. Liked
the glass panels in the roof - and corresponding frosted glass hatches into
the loft - although we kept breaking them.