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Deciding where to place downstairs bathroom and make lounge homely

4 years ago

My wife and I are looking to split up our open plan lounge area to add a downstairs bathroom/wet room, and due to the shape of the house and immovable fixtures we are stuck trying to work out how to arrange a normal family lounge with sofas and TV etc. My wife would really like a corner sofa if possible. Any layout suggestions would be appreciated. Ideally we'd have:

Downstairs bathroom/wetroom
Dining area
Room for corner sofa with TV mounted opposite, and additional sofa nearby

See attached floor plan, not there is storage under the stairs which should cannot be blocked.

square x/y length is 20cm

Many thanks

Dan

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Ribena Drinker
4 years ago
I think the first consideration must be water and drainage, that will influence where you can have a bathroom.

It may be worth speaking to a builder to see what is do-able, before getting too invested in an idea. I've seen many dream plans scuppered by the practicalities and reality of a property.
David T
Original Author
4 years ago
Soil stack and plumbing/water provision/drainage are in the bottom left of the open plan area, adjacent to the kitchen, denoted by the arrow. Ill edit the post
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Jonathan
4 years ago
Could you please post the picture of the plan in the comments as a quirk of Houzz means sometimes you can’t see it very well in the original post.
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Shahina Mulla
4 years ago
Hi there.
Is there a specific size you'd like to have the bathroom be?
Ideally I'd advise against having your main seating area anywhere near the bathroom for many reasons.
Am I right in thinking that you'd also like a dining area as well?
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User
4 years ago
Shahina is correct, having the bathroom opening straight in to the living or dining room isn't a good idea. Therefore, i'd do something more like this:-

However, you'd be well advised to remove the fireplace from the dining area to give more room, although it may be just big enough to suffice with it in situ.

You definitely do not have room for a corner sofa and another sofa in the lounge area, so something will have to give there. You would have room for say a 3 seater, an armchair, and maybe a footstool for occasional use.

May I ask the reason for needing a full bathroom in this position?
Jonathan
4 years ago
I’m confused- where’s the kitchen?
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User
4 years ago
You could also try this one for a bit more room in the lounge:-
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User
4 years ago
The kitchen is to the right of these two opened up rooms Jonathan. If you enlarge the pic that the poster supplied it gives more detail. I was confused too to start with.
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4 years ago
Thanks Hugh.
One of the quirks of Houzz is that sometimes the pictures in posts don’t work well- included is what I can see.

I think you have done a nice job with the plan. If you were to line up the shower sink and a space saving wc on the same wall you could probably get away with the shower room being 1.3m wide which would add an extra 20cm to the dining room.
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4 years ago
Thanks, yes you could do that. I chose to put in a pocket door to cut down on the in and out problem, plus I put the toiler further away from the shower.

I had a re-jig, changed the door to a normal opening. Moved the shower to the middle over a central drain. Changed the basin to a corner basin and had the toilet far right. Got the whole room down to 1.3m internal depth, 100m for your stud wall, leaves around 2.3m from the wall to the fireplace. Should get a dining table in there.

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