Condo unit - footprint layout renovation - Do i have to put it back the way it was when i sell? (apartments)

[lazee]

Hi current condo owners/experts, if i bought a 5 room condo, that has 2 bedroom/1ba and 1 kitchen and 1 living room, am i allowed to change the layout footprint of the condo permanently or does it have to be placed back the way it was when I sell it?

I wish to change the living room to a bedroom (add a closet, add a door). Then I wish to remove the closet and door from bedroom (make that into a living room) and and take down the wall between this same bedroom and kitchen to make it a open concept livingroom/kitchen.

Is there something in the deed or whatever that forbids this or designates that a certain room has to be a square footage? I know if you buy a 2 bedroom condo for example, you can't "remove" a bedroom when you sell it (that it has to stay a 2br as per the deed), so I was wondering if there was a similar restriction here.

Thanks in advance!

[Kefir King]

You can do whatever the board and association by-laws will allow. Afterwards there is no onus on you to restore anything. This is your private property and if you can find a buyer who likes your work you will profit.

Of course you can remove a bedroom, but that may cost you when you sell because 1 bedrooms are generall cheaper, all else being equal.

[bmwguydc]

That is not uncommon, actually, modernizing a condo. Just be sure that nothing alters the structural integrity of the building, but you will have your architect/engineer certify that when you submit your plans.

In some of the Pre-War apartments, you may see them advertised as "Classic (number) into (number)" to reflect the original plan size for that particular building.

Good luck with your renovation.

[nightcrawler]

what ever wall you want to take down, MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE it is not a load bearing wall.