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Renovating Design Dilemma Bathrooms

Is it worth switching our shower room with the utility?

3 years ago

We are looking to renovate our downstairs shower room and utility. We are potentially planning on switching them over, however by doing this we would lose the side access door to the garden. Would it add any value to do this? (Current utility bigger than the shower room as shower room has a very tight shower space).

Comments (5)

Sonia
3 years ago
If you do swop the rooms you could always put a door to outside in the swopped utility area. Is there another access door to the back garden?
Brett
3 years ago
Is that a load bearing wall between them? If not you could make the wall a bit more narrow in the entrance of the shower room and much wider at the end (where I assume the shower is, and still fit the utilities.
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Wumi
3 years ago
Can you make them one big room rather than two tight rooms?
Rebecca Wilson
3 years ago
I would leave it as is. A shower room does not need to be big to look great and I would have thought being able to walk outside to hang out washing is easier in its current format.
Jonathan
3 years ago
Alternatively move the utility door

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