Public dunnies for sale offered to "dream" home buyers

Buyers have gotten a whiff of a bargain with the listing of the two public toilet blocks, ready for a brave makeover.

The amenities in the UK are offered for sale by a local council, which has urged property hunters to “fulfil your dream” and modernise the old buildings for the good of the community.

There is a precedent for public loos being turned into residences, according to a statement by the Rossendale Borough Council.

“Around the UK public loos have been transformed into permanent homes, holiday homes, apartments, restaurants, bars, cafes and in Newport, Wales, even a little theatre where singers, comedians and poets perform in one of Britain’s smallest venues,” the statement on its website says.

A toilet block in the area became a barbershop and there are plans underway to convert another to a cyclists’ café, the council says.

The toilet blocks are connected to power and water. One, in the town of  Edenfield, was shut down ten years ago but the other – in Stacksteads – was locked up, never to be used again, during COVID.

But buyers will need to hold on – the council is yet to announce details of the bidding process.

The council’s senior property officer Chris Grundy said in a statement that the buildings would suit a “charity location, office business space, a coffee shop or takeaway or even an ice cream parlour”.

Adrian Lythgoe, local councillor, said other examples of decommissioned public toilet blocks prove they can be useful once more.

“This is a great opportunity for someone to realise the potential in developing buildings in prime sites that have already stood the test of time.”

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