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Any home designers please?

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Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 13:07

We can't extend atm, so trying to move walls around.
Bathroom is tiny, so main priority for space. Currently has a stand up/sit down bath and would like a standard ome instead.

Different views with DH on how to best use space.

Left bathroom wall can't be moved.
Orange shaded hallway outside bathroom is tiny.
How can you move things around to get a decent bathroom and kitchen.

YABU - space is too small to jig around.
YANBU - Lots of options??

Thanks.

Any home designers please?
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ElfAndSafetyBored · 16/11/2024 17:40

Also, is the kitchen window not in an awkward place for you to move the bathroom wall out into current kitchen space? Would you have to move be that too?

MumonabikeE5 · 16/11/2024 17:41

Bath under window-1800 is a good bath.
on opposite wall, aim for
450,750,600mm
450 space for basin
750mm for door
600mm space for toilet, facing towards bath.

oopsupsideyourheadisayoopsupsideypurhead · 16/11/2024 17:47

Put the bath in the storeroom and make the bath a walk in shower. Make the red area the bathroom.

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oopsupsideyourheadisayoopsupsideypurhead · 16/11/2024 17:50

Realised that won't work due to bedroom. Can you have a bath under window and toilet on one wall and sink on other?

MikeRafone · 16/11/2024 17:57

I have 2 the same size, bathroom is 6ft by 6ft

I have a toilet and snk on the same wall and plan under window and a corner bath.

I plan ultimately to redo the bathroom and just have a shower - a corner shower

the other bathroom is literally a wet room and sink and loo are not he same wall but not the same wall as the other bathroom

I don't think of either bathroom as small, compact but very adequate

having a wet room downstairs is easier than upstairs.

id open up the kitchen and lounge to give more space

AllPaws4 · 16/11/2024 17:58

Have you considered those toilets that have a basin attached to the side?

CompCity · 16/11/2024 18:01

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 17:12

Thank you @CompCity ,

It is a bungalow but would cost a lot to go up for us.
Gosh my head is spinning at the suggestions (in a good way).
Great to hear it has potential and all the possibilities.
Luckily there's an outbuilding for wfh.
Don't entertain a lot, no kids and late 40's.

Livingroom has a fireplace which would be a shame to lose and wouldn't blocking off the front door require planning permission?

I'm all for thinking how you would choose to live in it and over what timescale. What's your imaginary life look like?
Not going for an awkward loft conversion for an extra bedroom you'll never use.

If it's listed or in a conservation area you might need more paperwork signed off but otherwise be bold.

I do like a proper spacious entrance way. It says welcome home, put your coat here, shoes here, deep breath home now.
I suspect that narrow corridor past bedrooms and living room with an eyeline to the loo is a bit claustrophobic. Maybe think about using the space in a different way.

CompCity · 16/11/2024 18:03

You could always have an amazing master bedroom with a bay window and fireplace!

eatreadsleeprepeat · 16/11/2024 18:08

Do you intend to stay forever? Would spending a lot take you over the average price for the street?
Unless you are staying long enough, love everything else about the house can make the rest of it work then it is not worth spending the amount that moving walls would cost.
We have a very small main bathroom for the size of house, certainly no bigger than yours. Extending it would have lost us a usable room so we stuck with it and did the best we and bathroom designer could.
In your case I would switch the loo and basin round, loo is narrower so if it was back to the wall with the kitchen and as close as possible to the window wall. This would let you have a longer bath. The basin could have storage and could run into the corner.
Tricks to make the room feel and look bigger are wall hung loo and basin, limited palette of colours and finishes so we have the same tiles on floor, some wall and round the bath, minimal or no frames on any shower screens.
If this is a forever home you could make the back storage into a shower room and think of converting the sun room to a kitchen extension which would let you rejig the middle of the house in whatever way suited.

juggernorks · 16/11/2024 18:10

Move the bath to the back wall underneath the window, 1800mm is a decent sized bath. Re-hang the door so it opens inwards against the left hand wall. Install a sink and toilet combination vanity unit on the right hand wall where the bath currently sits. You could hang a heated towel rail on the left hand wall behind the door. This option saves moving walls around.

For the kitchen you could block up the storage cupboard door and knock those wall through into the kitchen. It gives you more space for units in a U shape, and you could then remove the other units on the right hand side of the room (if not needed) to make it feel more spacious.

To improve light getting into the kitchen, depending on how long your run of units is where the storage cupboard currently is, you could install double glazed doors onto the living room, or leave as it and install glazed single width internal doors where possible to maximise the light and help with the feeling of space.

MouldyCandy · 16/11/2024 18:23

If you are a bungalow, install a sunpipe for your kitchen.

Hannahthepink · 16/11/2024 18:36

Our last bathroom was pretty small, but we had a full length, L shaped bath with toilet/sink unit and it felt pretty nice. The door also opened outwards. I really think that fitting it all into the existing space is possible and so much simpler!

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mathanxiety · 16/11/2024 18:43

Put the bath by the window.
Move the loo and sink to where the bath is now.

bridgetreilly · 16/11/2024 18:44

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 14:51

Thank you.

That's DH's plan but I don't like that there's no window and bathroom would still be tiny and seperate.

You don’t need a window just for a loo. And the bathroom would be a really good size for a wet room. Or even a large bath with overhead shower would fit easily. It’s the easiest solution, and you don’t lose any kitchen space.

bridgetreilly · 16/11/2024 19:07

If you’re keen to knock down walls, this is what I’d do. You do lose a small amount from the front bedroom, but you get a bigger kitchen and bathroom, with less wasted space in the hall and freeing up that huge storage area.

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Dotto · 16/11/2024 19:22

You can move your door easily, even easier to have it opening to the left. I'd get a toilet with inbuilt basin over if you want to have more space. Or if you want to keep the bath where it is you can go for a deeper Japanese bath instead perhaps. I wouldn't be moving walls in that setup.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 20:07

Thank you @ConfusedBear
The current bath is 99cm x 76cm.

We're both tall and bath people, so a big bath, 170/180 would be ideal.
Our forever home too and have put up with subpar bathrooms for so long.

Just remembered I grew up with a seperate bathroom/loo and it was fine.

Thank you @noctilucentcloud I think space outside the bathroom is tight for an outward door but seems doable as similar sizes.

@ElfAndSafetyBored , Yes, Kitchen window in the way and would have to move £££.

@MumonabikeE5 , thanks, wall with the door is 180 though.

@AllPaws4 thanks, will look those up. Never seen them before.
@CompCity , it certainly is claustrophobic and no option to eat into the bedroom or livingroom 🤯.
Food for thought, thank you. & love the sound of a fire in the bedroom.
@eatreadsleeprepeat , Thank you, forever home but with limited funds.
We bought in a beautiful street, so great location. Extending just the kitchen and bathroom outwards is circa £80k.
@juggernorks, love that too. Thank you.
@MouldyCandy , thanks, maybe a 170 bath . Didn't realise most bathrooms were so small.
There is a velux and another window in the kitchen hall/storage. If that little wall is knocked down it would be lighter.
@Hannahthepink , thank you. Good to visualise as have been overthinking & so stuck.
@mathanxiety popular choice, don't know why I didn't think of it. Thank you.
@bridgetreilly thanks, yes would be lovely not to lose kitchen space, but was thinking the middle storage would make up.
Seeing your plans, hadn't thought of eating into the main bedroom. Could get away with taking a tiny amount as I've got a king bed in there, but could work, thanks.

Thanks @Dotto , good to hear as seems most agree with not moving walls.
Just envisioned my forever bathroom being roomy, with maybe a chair to drape my clothes on. 🙃

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Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 20:13

Thanks @oopsupsideyourheadisayoopsupsideypurhead
Under window seems a popular choice.
@MikeRafone , thanks. Good to hear it can work. Living room is small too so fear opening up, although makes it bigger, we'd lose that wall for furniture.

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ConfusedBear · 16/11/2024 21:12

I'd avoid moving where the toilet is if you possibly can - you make things more complicated connecting to the soil pipe.

The bathroom we took out had a combined toilet and basin which fitted under the window with a bath next to it. If you get one then I would suggest boxing in any awkward gaps which you have between the wall or bath. I found those places very difficult to keep clean. And check that it is easy to get into the cistern of the toilet if you need to.

If you have only recently moved in then why not get a toilet/sink combination and a new longer bath while you settle into the house and learn how you will actually use it?

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 16/11/2024 21:45

Thanks @ConfusedBear , seems moving bath to the window is the popular advice.
Complicated long-term or to move it?

Also, do you meant get ut fitted to try out then decide if we want to move walls?

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autumn1610 · 16/11/2024 21:46

to keep it simple I would just move the bathroom wall in line with the window and then just leave the kitchen and store as is. You aren’t loosing surface and cupboard space but just a bit of floor space. Flip the sink so it is running on the external and then put a bath in

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Treesandsheepeverywhere · 17/11/2024 16:07

Thanks @autumn1610 .
Feels less daunting now.

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Treesandsheepeverywhere · 25/01/2026 08:55

An update: we kept the bathroom as it was and moved the bath to under the window and the loo to the corner where the batj was. It's tiny but the big window helps.

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CompCity · 25/01/2026 09:07

It can be tiny but perfect!
Pleased with your choices? Nice tiles? Post a photo?

We're about to do two bathrooms - any warnings/advice/ positives?

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