Bathroom lessons learned? Also any advice on this in particular?

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I’ve seen the kitchen thread & think a similar bathroom one could be handy if anyone wanted to contribute I’d certainly be grateful.

We had planned to redo our bathroom, but it’s become a bit more urgent since tiles started falling off & wet rot became apparent.

Any ideas what sort of budget we might be considering including replacing at least some of the floorboards? Anywhere we could save?
It is a very very tiny bathroom.

Am having the clenchy horrors how expensive this might turn out to be whilst on mat leave.

I replaced an oval freestanding bath against the wall because you couldn't get to the dust and water that inevitably ended up behind it. If it's up against a wall you can't get behind it.
Replaced it with the top photo. Tiled in.

But I've just fallen in love with the bath for my next house maybe!

@Ambonsai I am boggled that I didn’t think of the cleaning implications of the ‘down the back’. So that’s that bath out of the water as it were, which is good, because the others are cheaper. Pity though, it would’ve looked nice. And that second bath is lovely!

@echt I’m not sure there’s enough space for the towel rail to be far away, but they won’t be right next to each other.

@reetgood and @GreenTulips unfortunately neither P, L, or corner fitted baths come short enough unless there’s a dark bathroom warehouse somewhere I’ve missed.

Which also answers @MissDuke - yes it will be a very short bath, but there is currently a normal sized bath up the wall under the window & it really does take up the whole space, which isn’t really worth it for my (once in a blue moon, but highly valued) soak and small child bathing.

The space would be easier if it were square rather than long and narrow.

@Mercedes, I’m interested in a yes to a shaver point, as I’d said yes & DH said he wouldn’t bother. But the infant nicks my toothbrush to chew when it charges by my bed.

That was long sorry! Thanks for all ideas! I quite like tha5 pale green colour, what’s that? Eau de nil?

@Ambonsai also your dog is lovely, I wish I could accessorise with one of those!

Updating to say, we have a bathroom fitter booked starting a week today! Local guy, very good reviews. I’m going to take some before & after photos.

From doing my last 2 bathrooms- the only tips i have is too keep tiling to a minimum. We had double sinks in our last ensuite from Victorian plum they looked great but the units went quite tatty after a year.

They looked like this. Dark flooring definitely recommended though. Blo8dy hair shows up everywhere else!

Great thread, I'm about to redo both my bathrooms so good to read tips here.
My downstairs bathroom is huge, and has a massive freestanding bath in it.
I'm planning on making a small loo (considering a shower as well) plus small utility area for laundry and "stuff".
Upstairs I have a small bathroom, the eaves take up a lot of space. My plan is to have a small P bath plus shower.
The wash basin is big enough for a large baby to bathe in lol, may change that to a smaller one but it is fitted onto a nice sized cabinet for storage.
My current bath has taps in the middle, but wouldn't be my choice as I've scalded my legs topping up with hot water!
When I had a downstairs loo instslled in my last house, I had the extractor and light wired onto separate switches, mainly because my children kept leaving the light on, wasting electricity and creating an irritating noise!
Although they've flown the nest, I'd still like the same system now, but OH has just said that's against building regs now. Anybody know if that's true?
(He's a bit anti changing anything in the house so I do sometimes wonder if he's just being a buzz kill at times)!

We had our bathroom done last winter. It's really hitting home now the mornings are dark again, I wish wish wish we'd had dimmer lights put in. So harsh to have full on lights on tired eyes as I get up at 5.45am and a recently toilet trained DC who wants a pee at all hours. Bleurgh.

We got rid of a huge corner bath and have a shower room instead with a hanging rail from the ceiling for clothes and towels, suits us, but I realise no bath isn't for everyone.