I love shower options. You can get rainfall heads with a pipe, lowering the outlet. I presume you've used and love a rainfall shower before, but if not I'll just mention, I find them a bit of a pain. The shower is like what it says on the tin, is a lot of water running straight down. I'd find too much water in my eyes, or running down my face. For me not ideal for washing hair or trying to keep hair dry. I prefer the more directed flow of the larger shower heads mounted on the wall. Last bathroom I had one but wouldn't bother again. My choice would be a large wall mounted shower head that gives you that rainfall effect but on a user friendly angle and a hand shower. :D

It's a good idea to keep both the shower and the bath, like Jonathan already mentioned, there's plenty of space. This is just a quick sketch for one possible layout, that could work with minimal renovation works. We always suggest our clients to leave to toilet where it is, because it's usually a hassle to move it around. So we would install a shower like you had in mind, along the back wall. And then rip out the existing shower and cupboard and fit a freestanding bath instead. The washbasin would stay where it is. And there is probably space for a tall towel heater on the right hand side from the door. If you decide to go ahead with the house, give us a call and we can arrange a free consultation visit, where you'll meet one of our designer expert who will take measurements of the bathroom, evaluate the condition of the bathroom and come up with a great personalised design/quote that works for you. We can also supply the tiles and sanitary ware and get our team of builders to start working on your project from start to finish, so you don't have to worry about anything. https://www.designangels.co.uk/start-renovation Good luck with everything!

We’re in the middle of having our bathroom done at the mo and ours is a similar size (although a little squarer) and same ceiling height. We previously had tile on the bath walls to just above the shower head (similar to your 3/4 idea) and then we had tile half way up the other walls, with boxing in under the window (also tiled) to windowsill height to give a usable shelf. The 3/4 tile thing was ok but didn’t look brilliant. Your image looks fab but I think that’s because I think it’s quite a bit taller than 2.7m! We are now going to tile to the ceiling on the bath walls and then not bothering on the other walls. Instead I’ve bought a vanity unit with an upstand and I’ve bought Little Greene Intelligent Matt emulsion for the walls as it’s supposed to be one of the best scrubbable paints for bathrooms (fingers crossed!). Just a thought - could you put the bath along the 1.8m wall where the sink and loo currently are? The shower valve could possibly be sunk into the wall opposite the window? Have you bought your shower and bath filler yet? It sounds exactly like what we’ve gone for. I think my plumber is currently cursing me as I type!!!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Have been thinking long and hard about it. We’ve revisited the shower position and we do want to keep that where it is with some waterproof shutters for the sake of modesty, helped by the fact we are up a slope from the road, and nothing above single story opposite. The WC space is a good question. We’ll continue to think on that. The current utility space is incredibly cramped and will become walk in storage, a kind of hybrid larder/vacuum cleaner space. Would love to remove a wall in there but that’s a huge job as it’s holding up the stairs! Anyway, thanks for challenging our ideas. Always good to go over everything again and we’ll no doubt continue to do so until work begins! Well, hopefully not that late in the day... Angie