Oh and the cowboys who did the original job did a series of false walls and tiled over the original tiles too so we might be able to gain a few cm here and there.

where is your toilet waste pipe. that is usually quite difficult to move. You could look at some space saving bathtubs:

http://www.tradingdepot.co.uk/kaldewei-mini-lh-832-bath-157-x-75?gclid=CjwKEAiAi-_FBRCZyPm_14CjoyASJAClUigOwI_1aBMv7rEZecYIFdHiMmXgvuTtzp1QEf7zu1lqohoCeUfw_wcB

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/washstands-taps/wash-basins/lill%C3%A5ngen-single-wash-basin-white-art-80206653/

Using your dimensions and the actual sizes of the products, the only way that i can fit everything in is to do this. It involves making the window smaller and changing the way the door hangs. ( the idea above is great, but when you try putting the products in, you quickly realise that they don't fit )

You don't say what is at the bottom of the plan, and, why there is a corner missing. Maybe you could gain the corner back?

You can also go for this bath which is only 800mm at the window end, bows out slightly which i think should be ok:- p shaped bath, it then gives you more scope for walking about and a larger window

Maybe you could add a corner window, which would be quite attractive and add to the overall look of space?

Thank you all.

Isn't it an issue to have the sink right next to the doorway? With potentially bumping into people (imagining husband shaving and son having to rush into the toilet)?

Yes, the corner at the bottom is headroom for the stairs.

Marina, the current bathroom is pretty much what you did except the bath is a normal sized bath and they built a false wall on the south end of the bath which creates this incredibly narrow gap to go through when you get into the bathroom (and this ridiculous barely usable space on the left as you go in).

Hi Wizzywig, trying it out, it would be a bit of a problem having the sink right next to the door, even with it opening it up the other way.

Would you think it were possible to have the toilet backed onto the north wall? Maybe a really compact one with short projection? And then the bath along the north wall under the window and the sink next to it?

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That might just work as you have that 'space' above the step in the south east corner.. here is what I think you're planning...

Hi, could I ask a few questions to clarify. What is on either side of the bathroom i.e. left hand wall (2100cm) and right wall (858cm). Is the external wall, the window wall only? Which wall is the current loo on?

Laura, any entrance right next to the sink just makes it difficult I think, even without the issue of the door. I think we would quickly get frustrated by it.

Whizzywig, not quite! I'll attach my thought.

Source Style design. So on the west side (2100) there is a bedroom on the other side (the wall can't be moved as the window in that room is right by the wall) and the east wall is an external wall too (as well as the north wall). The loo is on the east wall next to the step (where whizzywig put it in his latest drawing).

700mm is the magic number - if you have 700mm gap between the front of the wc and the nearest obstruction, you're ok.. also, if you have 700mm width-ways (shoulder width) you should be fine. It doesn't look like that would happen in your version (but you might get away with it using my version ;) !!). Compact close coupled wc's come in at about 600/620mm deep : a back to wall wc with concealed cistern would be 450/500mm + super slimline cistern at about 120mm (inc unit/tiles) leaving you with not much space to maneuver.

Hi Auntdorli!

So the step in the bathroom is for the headroom in the stairs. However the actual headway space (ie what constitutes the ceiling in the stairs) is much smaller than the size of the tiled step. They seem to have put loads of wood around it, as if to support it or maybe to support something that was on the top of the step. It would seem that the step could be pushed back a little towards the wall without interfering too much with the headspace required (but obviously would incur extra costs).