Grade 2 listed - implications

The best way to enjoy a 15th century cottage with all the beams is rent one for a holiday :)

Excellent advice. I think I can still feel the bump on my head from where I stood up too quickly in the living room of one. That might have been the same one that had a beam running across the kitchen at a height of about 4' 6".

BTW, renting (holiday) houses is a brilliant way of finding out, at a reasonable cost, that low beams, wet rooms and AGAs are all s**te.

In message , Huge writes

What don't you like about wet rooms?

I had one in my Swedish flat, wish I had one here

tim

If it's an investment you don't want listed, the cost of maintenance will be higher because of that compliance and it won't bring in any more in rent.

Doubtless they could be done right, with proper extraction, underfloor heating and physical separation of the wet and dry areas, but I've never used one that was anything other than cold, slippery, impractical and hard on the feet and made all your towels and bathroom stuff damp all the time. The word "dank" springs to mind. Like showering in a cave.

I do like large walk-in shower cubicles that are separated from the rest of the bathroom. Do they count as "wet rooms"?

Umm..

I am attempting to future proof our next home. As planned there will be

Extract/underfloor heating planned, (maybe humidity stat.). Electric towel rail for summer.

Current is 800x1200 and seems adequate. You can stand out of the spray while the thermostat stabilises.

I've just specced a 900 x 1400 for our bathroom. That's the biggest that will fit.

'Twas ever thus. Any architect worth his salt would realise this and produce designs based on integral multiples of the materials being used.

I found this out the hard way when I designed a new garage, and had to accept a few dimensional compromises.