There used to be a wall here. In fact, it used to be a cupboard which divided the bathroom from bedroom 3. The cupboard housed the hot water tank, which meant the bedroom and bathroom were always baking hot, especially since the bedrooms have south facing windows. I hadn't realised how ill this had made me feel until the gas was shut off and the water tank no longer heated up, at which point we no longer needed to put our toddler to bed with a fan trained on her cot.
You can still see the pipes feeding the water heater from the header tank in the attic, and the exposed brickwork on the back wall illustrates the depth of the cupboard and how much space we'll gain the bedroom 3 now the cupboard is removed.
I once saw a programme on the telly where they removed all the partition walls in a house. It was inspired by the Japanese, apparently. Since ours started to come down, I see you really can remodel the internal layout if you want to - it's not just a Sarah Beeny thing.
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