En suite without shower? Or no en suite at all

[GreatBigPolarBear]

We're looking into extending primarily to give us a new bigger bedroom ideally with an en suite.
However looking at the initial plans, the proposed bedroom is not much bigger than our old one once the en suite is included.

Also, we're just about to put in a new expensive family bathroom with a top of the range shower.

I wondered if it's worth having a shower in the en suite given that there will be a good one in the family bathroom and you can't use them both at once anyway.

DH says this is ridiculous and there's no point having an en suite at all without a shower.
(We also have a shower downstairs)

Any ideas?

[LIZS]

I agree with your dh. We had an ensuite which was about 6' square with shower cubicle, toilet and basin.

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Ok fair enough!
So would you go for en suite or walk in wardrobe?

[LIZS]

Ensuite

[mohuzivajehi]

Can we have a diagram?

[Heratnumber7]

More to the point, why wouldn't you be able to use them at the same time?

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Bedroom 1 is our current bedroom. The extension is a dormer

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Can't use them at the same time because of the heating system-using one makes the other go hot /cold

[7Days]

Absolutely no en suite. I have one and wake up in the night to hear dh pissing! AND he doesn't flush because I gave him a bollocking one time not to wake the baby. But tge baby is 11 now.
Caveat - only if you have a loo elsewhere besides the main bathroom.

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Haha! We had an en suite in our old house and I loved it and really missed it when we first moved. But been here 6 years now so I guess we've coped without!

[FinallyHere]

Using one makes the other go hot /cold

It really doesn't have to be like this...

[GplanAddict]

Personally I'd prefer a larger bedroom with good storage especially as the bathroom is only a few steps away from your new room anyway. Plus it will be cheaper!!

[RippleEffects]

I love my ensuite. We've a nice but compact family bathroom but selfishly I like my own shampoo, toothpaste, makeup etc all organised in mine.

Looking at your layout would you consider a longer thinner ensuite accessed in the middle through a walk in wardrobe? I think it would be more space efficient. Toilet on external wall, sink in middle, shower at end. Less walk around space but you don't need lots of circulation space in an ensuite its a space for one nit like a family bathroom where you can find the whole family turn bathtime into an event.

[Allthebestnamesareused]

Ensuite but shower set up so you can use both!!

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Finally here-how do we change it? I thought it came with the combi boiler territory!

[Tralalalalz]

We had an en-suite in our old house and loved it, no en-suite when we moved and weren't bothered. Have one again and it's my most favourite thing ever. Love the privacy, love walking from my room into the bathroom without passing children, love not walking up the corridor in the night for a wee and love love love that me and DH are the only ones who use our toilet. Infact, I t no to nip upstairs to use then toilet rather than using the downstairs cloakroom

[LIZS]

Have an electric shower which won't drain the hw system?

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Ok-I guess the new bathroom shower might solve the issue anyway.
Ripple-sorry-i don't get what you mean? Please could you scribble on the plan as it sounds like a good compromise

[namechangedtoday15]

Do you have children? How many will be fighting for bathroom at once?

I love our new ensuite, have a good electric shower in there to combat issues with 2 showers running at the same time from combi boiler.

Could you potentially move the bedroom door further down the right hand wall and have a long narrow ensuite along the back wall?

[GreatBigPolarBear]

2 children currently dd 8 & ds 5. Plus frequent visitors.
But we do have a shower room downstairs too

[GreatBigPolarBear]

Yes that could work re long thin ennsuite.
Also, looking at the plan-that en suite seems unnecessarily big compared to current bathroom (which isn't massive but adequate)

[RippleEffects]

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[GplanAddict]

Could you alternatively turn the small bedroom next to your current bedroom into an en suite?
Would be easier as plumbing is already there. Then you can turn the new bedroom/en suite into 2 bedrooms as there are enough windows.

[mohuzivajehi]

The reason the new layout doesn't give you a significantly bigger bedroom is because of the dead space that the door opens into that doesn't feel like real bedroom space.

Instead of a squarish ensuite in the corner opposite the door, put a long thin room on the far wall (90cm wide by 2.5m is enough for shower and loo) with wardrobe for the rest of the wall.

The remaining bedroom will then feel much more spacious.

[Heratnumber7]

Using one makes the other go hot /cold

Well if you're going ahead with the two shower option I'd get that sorted.

[AnnPerkins]

I might go for a third shower...if someone else did the cleaning.

I would convert our ensuite to a walk-in wardrobe tomorrow if we weren't selling, had it 7 years and have never seen the value of it.

There are only 3 of us though.