Help needed to redesign master bedroom, en- suite and dressing room

5 years ago

We would really appreciate any advice on changing the lay-out of our first floor rooms. Plan One is the current lay-out.

The corridor to the bedroom it dark and currently has mirrored wardrobes along it for the main bedroom.

The main bedroom had a stud wall across it with an arch ( we have already removed it) which made a small dressing area not big enough for wardrobes near the en-suite.

The best views are from the en-suite and the other window on that wall.

The small bedroom on the left is not part of the redesign.

Plan two is what we are thinking of doing with the bedroom and en-suite moved to different locations.

We thought we would create an en-suite at the front of the house as the window looks into the neightbours garage wall.

Remove the stud wall to get rid of the corridor and put a door off the landing into the old en-suite creating a bedroom.

Block up the door from the corridor that currently leads into the bedroom.

We have not given much thought as it where the suite would go in the bathroom but something along the lines of what is on the plan.

We would be grateful for any advice, thoughts or ideas as we haven't had any professional advice so far.

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Jonathan
5 years ago
Moving a wc to the other side of the house is difficult as you have to have a waste pipe. Consider instead just moving the bath out of the ensuite to get a better ensuite. You could always put the bath in the dressing area or bedroom
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mayfieldinnorfolk
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5 years ago
Hi Jonathan,

Thank you for your advice we really like your design but because the corridor is dark and has a cupboard behind mirrored doors we were trying to incorporate the area into usable space. There is also a step back starting at the stairs and going into the corridor which as the second wall is not level with the first we thought would make it difficult to be able to fit a door.

I have tried to draw the corridor in greater detail below.

Thank you again for your help.

Amanda
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Jonathan, I really like your idea. I think you are right about the structural wall. But the wall behind the little toilet is a stud wall! The east window in the hall allows in natural light so I think I should keep it. Building on your idea, how about this version? In this scenario, we re-instate the south facing bedroom door so that there is one less door on the east side. As per Jonathan's idea, we create a shower room from the bedroom in the north-east corner. Does it flow? Dear Houzzers, please share your wisdom . :) Where is the best place for the shower room door: where it is now or in the little corridor? Will you feel claustrophobic in the corridor because it is just over 90cm wide and has walls on both sides? What is the ideal side of that shower room? If take out 1.5m from the bedroom, I get a 2.5 x 2.5m square bedroom/study and a 2.3 x 1.5m shower room. Will these sizes work for shower room and study/bedroom? Thanks a million.
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emily lloyd
5 years ago
hi,I WOULD LOVE TO HELP BUT IF U COULD PUT REAL PICTURES TO HELP IT WOULD HELP ME GET A VISUAL IDEA.
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mayfieldinnorfolk
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5 years ago
Hi Emily, here are some pictures

This is the corridor, we have tried to show the step back between the two walls, there is 877mm behind the mirrored doors.

This is the end of the bedroom we proposed moving the bathroom to

This end is where we thought the dressing area could go, blocking the first door from the corridor. We have taken down the stud wall that used to divide the room.

En-suite which we proposed combining with corridor to make bedroom with door from landing at far end of en-suite.

Any ideas would be gratefully received as we are going round in circles with our ideas.

Thanks Amanda

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