Weird ensuite configuration in loft conversion

[JamMakingWannaBe]

We have a 1980s bungalow loft conversion, which at the time did not include an ensuite (now 4 bed house with downstairs family bathroom).

We've managed to add a wc to one of the upstairs bedrooms but have just had a builder/plumber round who had advised that it's not possible to add a shower to the 'master bedroom' which has the ensuite wc but he's suggested a way we can have a shower room off the 2nd upstairs bedroom.

Is it weird to have one bedroom with an ensuite wc, and one bedroom with an ensuite shower?

We have a one and only DC who has a room downstairs so the upstairs bedrooms are primarily for guests / lodgers but I have future resale in mind.

Brain is fizzing!

Very weird imo and would put me off buying

Is it possible to add a floor plan and we can see if we can think laterally?

When he says a shower room, does he mean a shower and a toilet by any chance?

I think it's weird. Our guest room has an shower room but no WC. The guest WC is outside off of the landing for anyone to access and there is no family bathroom as our room is ensuite. Could the WC not be accessed from a landing instead? That way if there were guests staying they have shared access to a WC and one would have a shower, the other could use the family bathroom.

Thanks for the input everyone. We'd definitely end up with a separate wc with basin (as we currently have) and a room with just a shower cubicle.

I've attached a plan of what we currently have, what I would have liked, and what the plumber is now suggesting. The red line is the current waste water pipe for the toilet. The shower cubicle would be accessed from the smaller bedroom - when the chest-of-drawers is now.

In the other picture you can see the (stoopid!) stair riser which is causing me the bother. I wanted to create a shower room where the black bookcase is, knocking through into the hallway cupboard for the cubicle.

I have another plumber/builder coming tomorrow night so I'll see if they say the same about the issue of getting rid of the waste water.

We have a maximum budget of £5k so can't be undertaking major building changes.

Yeah I would hate that. Would seriously put me off.

I would much prefer an actual shower room with WC that was able to be accessed by both bedrooms.

However if you are planning on staying there for a while and it works for you... crack on.

How much head height do you have? Is raising up the shower and running the pip under the floor to the waste pipe an option?

Hipster, our head height is ok so that's what I was hoping!
The trade off would be a step into the shower cubicle, but I could live with that to get the shower off the larger bedroom.

A colleague has suggested an option for the waste water pipe that might mean we can have a new shower in the existing hall cupboard after all!

If the floor joints run in our favour, we could run the waste water under the floor into the smaller room and down and out into our existing drains from there. The stumbling block could be a chimney stack so I shall investigate further tonight as it could be the option for us!