Hello,

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Thanks.

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Fred writes:
Hello,

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Could it be the roof over a staircase, to give sufficient headroom?

--
Andrew Gabriel
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Fred wrote:

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Well, it seems to be the way to describe space enclosed in a room
which is above a stair well. It is needed to provide the
necessary headroom on the stair, without the stair being open to
the room.

Does this line up with what you actually saw? If so, I think you
can work out the rest of the answer yourself.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

Chris J Dixon wrote:
Fred wrote:

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Well, it seems to be the way to describe space enclosed in a room
which is above a stair well. It is needed to provide the
necessary headroom on the stair, without the stair being open to
the room.

Does this line up with what you actually saw? If so, I think you
can work out the rest of the answer yourself.

Chris

Ideal place to put the (2 legged) bed


NT

On 06 Nov 2007 07:47:16 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Could it be the roof over a staircase, to give sufficient headroom?

I am sure it is. However, we did not pay much attention to the stairs
and landing; we were too busy looking at the rooms. I guess we need
another look. But even so, I can't believe that they needed to take a
4'x4' chunk out of the room for the staircase. What architect got away
with doing that?

Fred wrote:
On 06 Nov 2007 07:47:16 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

Could it be the roof over a staircase, to give sufficient headroom?

I am sure it is. However, we did not pay much attention to the stairs
and landing; we were too busy looking at the rooms. I guess we need
another look. But even so, I can't believe that they needed to take a
4'x4' chunk out of the room for the staircase. What architect got away
with doing that?

When space is too tight this method is used to allow a less steep
staircase. Its sometimes needed to conform to modern BR on
staircases in a property where space is tight.


NT

"Fred" wrote in message
...
Hello,

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Turn it into an airing cupboard

R wrote:
"Fred" wrote in message
...
Hello,

We were sent details of another house by the estate agent. it said
bedroom three had a "stair hub".

When we viewed there was this massive wooden structu the length of
the room and four foot deep and four foot high. What on earth is a
stair hub and how much (if any) of the wooden structure could we
remove if we bought the house?

Turn it into an airing cupboard

That's certainly the traditional solution - build a fitted cupboard over it.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:50:02 -0000, "Steve Walker"
wrote:

That's certainly the traditional solution - build a fitted cupboard over it.


Perhaps this is why this one was so big; perhaps it had been built
over already?