Bathrooms and Walk in Wardrobe reconfiguration dilemma
I would like some ideas on reconfiguring two bathrooms and a walk in wardrobe in our house.
The floorplan shows the rooms and Bedroom 6 is the walk in wardrobe. I have a few issues with the rooms as they are:
1. The family bathroom is slightly too small and I would like to make it bigger.
2. The windows in the bathroom and Bedroom 6 are east facing which means that the corridor is a dark tunnel unless I leave the bathroom door open. I would like to add some light with some lantern lights above the bathroom door.
3. The walk in wardrobe needs reconfiguring to maximise the available space. The large cupboard opposite the door is our boiler and cannot be moved.
4. This is an extension and thebwall between bedroom 5 and the wardrobe is the original external wall and I would rather not move it.
5. The en suite is a windowless cave and I would like to add some light if possible.
As you can see, I want all the 3 rooms to be bigger or better utilising the space. I am toying with the idea of using some of the corridor space in the family bathroom but I don't know if it would be a mistake considering the two steps (shown on plan) down near the door. I don't know if the steps can be moved or removed.
Can anyone suggest something different apart from:
1. Moving bedroom 6 door slightly into the gap
2. Moving the wall between bedroom 6 and the bathroom to take the additional space into the bathroom.
3. Adding lantern lights over the doors in bedroom 6 and the family bathroom
4. Leaving the en suite and steps as is
Thank you very much for any suggestions or potential problems anyone can spot!
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Comments (5)Thanks Jonathan, appreciate the comments and suggestions. Indeed we had initially wanted to convert two of the bedrooms on the first floor into a larger master bedroom suite with dressing room and ensuite. But felt the loss of the middle bedroom would be too much, and the 3rd bedroom on the first floor is tiny. It probably wasn’t clear in my original post, but our plan is to add a new rear extension on the loft floor (directly above the tiny 3rd bedroom and bathroom on the first floor), so the overall floor space will increase. The intention for the new rear extension will be to become a flowing extension of the current loft bedroom, and be either a bathroom or dressing room, together with a roof terrace. I attach a partial floorplan of one of the neighbouring properties who have already done a similar extension...but without the terrace which I have crudely added in! Our dilemma is whether the new room should be either a dressing room or large bathroom? I am inching towards a dressing room as any future owner could convert it into a standard bedroom fairly easily (and would retain the en suite in the current loft bedroom) if and when we come to sell. Thanks...See Morereconfigure ground & first floor extension ideas
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Hi Jonathan,
Thank you for your suggestion! It's quite a radical difference. I played around with that idea a little and it could work very well for us in this way.
Instead of having an open set of cupboards in Bedroom 2, I could make bedroom 3 into a walk in wardrobe with a door from bedroom 2. The small ensuite could be enlarged to include the window and make it a lovely family bathroom.
I could then make the current family bathroom smaller by taking the bathtub out and making it into an ensuite to bedroom 6. Bedroom 6 can also be made larger by incorporating more of the corridor and it would become a nice guest suite.
This is a really interesting idea. Thank you for taking the time!
Sarah L