Tiny Ensuite - 1100 x 1800

[NorthernDuck]

We are having an en-suite created for our bedroom, it is likely to be 1100 x 1800 - we definitely can’t go longer than 1800 as the stairs are there, we could possibly go a bit wider but it would make our bedroom smaller.
Im trying to picture how it would look and think about what sort of bathroom suite we should get. I was going to get an 1100 x 700 shower at one end and then next to it an 1100 built in combined vanity/loo side by side. But I’m now wondering about a loo with the cistern wall mounted up high (Victorian style) to make it shallower, does anyone have any good ideas? There is a window on one of the 1100 walls and the door will be on the 1800 wall.
I’m struggling to find pictures on line of en-suites as small - possibly because they aren’t practical 🤣

The bathroom needs to be spacious enough to accommodate someone doing normal bathroom things.

We once stayed somewhere with a stupidly small ensuite, you couldn't bend over the sink to brush teeth (arse hit the opposite wall), couldn't raise your arms in the shower to wash hair (tiny shower tray), no dry surfaces to put anything IE towel, toiletries etc

If your bedroom is a bit smaller to accommodate a workable bathroom, will you still have room for wardrobes, bed, etc?

Ours is 1100x2400. I'm not sure how much that half meter will matter - the door placement might matter more!
We have a shower across one short wall.
Door in the middle of the long wall, with a sink opposite the door, and the loo sticking into the room from the other short wall, with the window above. Towel radiator between the sink and loo.
It's definitely a one person room - unless someone is in the shower.

That's basically the size of our family bathroom.... We have a normal sized bath along one wall with a shower over it, the toilet is under the window and the sink is on the other wall with the radiator behind the door. And no other bathroom in this house.

Plenty of options available to you.

DD has a tiny en-suite which we've recently redone. There's a corner sink, 900x900 shower cubicle and toilet. The one thing I've learned in retrospect is that the shower doors on the old one were sliding from the corner - both sides could half way iyswim but we just got an opening front panel. It makes the toilet a squeeze. Although it's the same space as before you feel more enclosed because of the shower panel next to you. Photos show what I mean.

I have a tiny en suite. I use it for storage, it's great as a big cupboard😂I've only used it for its intended purpose when my bathroom was being redecorated.

It's only 75cm wide. The door is in the middle with the basin opposite (not easy to use with the door shut), the loo on the left and the shower on the right (with bifold doors which are the only option, but you have to wedge yourself thru them). Yours sounds spacious in comparison!

So yes look for smaller fittings, the ones designed for cloakrooms. You don't necessarily need a raised cistern but do look for a 'short projection' loo. Ideally one that fits flush (ha) against the wall so you're not tying yourself in knots to clean behind it.

I really regret mine, made the bedroom too small and I don't like using it when husband in room! Also can't use shower at same time as main bathroom shower due to water pressure issues. It is useful when we have visitors though.

In my last house, my en-suite had the sink built over the top of the staircase in a sort of alcove. It was made with a vanity worktop with cupboard doors hiding the fact that the staircase roof was angled behind it. The house was designed that way and I assume the wall behind the sink projected a bit more into the dead space above the staircase but it didn’t impede the headroom if you see what I mean.

If this was an option for you (structurally, plumbing-wise and financially) it would give you all the space for just the shower and toilet.

I have a bathroom not much bigger (180 x 160). It is currently set up as a wet room and I hate it, so in the New Year I’m going to have a bath put in, with a combination basin/toilet like this one : https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/alaska-combined-two-in-one-wash-basin-toilet-500mm-wide-x-300mm

We looked at those but I couldn't really understand how you can have a proper wash at that sink?

Those combination loo/basins look awkward to me. You need to get to the side^ of the loo to use the basin - but if you have the space to do that, you don't need a combination loo/basin.

(^I'm too short and have a bad back to reach or lean towards the basin from in front of the loo.)

As per my previous post, the OP needs a short projection loo, ie, one that sticks out less than other loos.

Our shower tray in our en suite is 800x800 and it's plenty big enough.

There are some with slightly larger basins (but still small), and I plan to look at them in person before buying, but I lived with a tiny sink in a previous house and managed to flannel wash in that! The only thing I couldn’t do was wash my hair in the sink, but I’ll have the bath/shower for that.

The combined toilet and sink pieces I’d only accept in a W/C. Imagine trying to clean your face or teeth. Even then I’d rather have a small sink in a W/C.

Have you looked at ideal Standard Concept Space range? https://pdf.archiexpo.com/pdf/ideal-standard/concept-space-2013/50272-158887.html
They have some tiny layouts in their brochure. It's all designed for small spaces.
You will definitely need an outward opening door and check if there is space to dry off after a shower .

I've never understood the appeal of a toilet so close to the bed. Give me a bathroom down the hall, with privacy, please.

My ensuite is similar dimensions (120 by 240 iirc) with the door (opening outwards) at the narrow end.
The shower is 100*80 (we have a 20cm recess for the toilet , sink and shower fixings which also makes a useful shelf). The toilet is short projection and we were advised to keep toilet and sink off the floor to give the illusion of space. Despite being tiny it never feels cramped.

We can make the 1100 wall a bit wider and I’ve been toying with 1300 to just give slightly more space, the total width is 5100 so the bedroom would be 4m wide with an en-suite that’s 1100.

it’s interesting to see the photos of similar sized rooms, our current bathroom is 3000 x 2800 so it’s hard to picture the en-suite and we just picked a bath, shower, sink and loo we liked as pretty much everything fit.

I’ve also stayed in hotels with really small bathrooms and found them annoying. Not really sure, the bathroom showroom had so much choice it was hard to narrow it down.

We stayed in a holiday home once with a teeny bathroom and it did work well for what it was. I can't find a photo of it unfortunately but it was similar to this - so you enter mid way across with the sink infront and the toilet on the one side and shower cubicle on the other

Sorry it didn't attach first time

That's quite short, if you have a 700 depth shower, then say 800 door, that only leaves you 300 space for the loo & sink.

Typical loo projection will be around 500.

I'm (still) redoing my ensuite.
Width is 1190, length is 2690.

Blue picture is how it was, there is a shower on the left and it is small but doesn't feel cramped - yours takes 900 off that length, nearly 1m, which would be cramped.

Pink is cgi of how it is going to be, so layout hasn't changed but now have cabinets.

I think giving yourself a bit more width would be better, so you can have the sink and loo next to each other but it doesn't feel as cramped to sit on the loo, or wash at the sink.

Can you mock out the space in your current bathroom around the loo in there so you get a feel for using the space? I did that with big cardboard sheets for the main bathroom.

Also, play with online imaging - victorian plumbing (I think) was relatively easy to use. You can then generate 3-d images.

Eg, same bathroom layout but different views.