Extending bathroom into guest bedroom. Bad idea?
Richard Trafford
10 years ago
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Comments (22)Front hallway- I say save your money leave it up. Cost of removal is minor but you will likely have to move radiators and electrics and make good plasterwork and coving- I say protect another £1500 profit. Present the larger back reception as a living room and present the front reception as the dining room. Given that the bathroom is likely to go upstairs make the downstairs bathroom into a room to access the garden- I would present the kitchen as a kitchen/breakfast room with doors to see the garden as being able to see from the front door to the back garden should pay dividend....See MoreExtension layout dilemma - Where to position the Guest bathroom?
Comments (6)Definitely put the shower room on the left. Because:- The shower room is a smaller intrusion into the traffic flow through to the kitchen than the living area is. The middle of the house only benefits from a modest window which should not be given to a shower room that only gets occasional use when a main reception would have to do without. The reception has more privacy from the front door when situated on the right. The shower room on the left can easier be used by upstairs bedrooms if it is closer to the base of the stairs and users wont have to go past two reception spaces to use the extra wc. Assuming you choose one type of flooring for the reception room and another for the hall and shower room- the shower room on the left offers more continuity of flooring. The left hand side is almost certainly under the main bathroom and soil pipe which offers some cost efficiencies....See MoreLarge bathroom vs small bathrooms / ensuite
Comments (7)I'd make one big bathroom but have a door into it from your bedroom as well as from the hall - so it's an ensuite most of the time, but guest access from hall when necessary. Agree with above to make a lovely bedroom and bathroom for yourselves and share with guests - who will also appreciate a lovely bathroom rather than a small internal one. And from your two-bath solution - the main reason for me to want an ensuite is to have easy access to the toilet from bedroom during the night, so having the toilet separate from both bathrooms (and especially far from the ensuite) makes no sense to me at all. While Jonathan's idea works better if you want two smaller bathrooms, I'd rather have one big bathroom and no ensuite than a tiny ensuite....See MoreRichard Trafford
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10 years agoThese are the plans of the house. The bathroom is upstairs (the bottom drawing)
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