Gap between toilet and wall - help!

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I'm having a new toilet fitted in my bathroom and the plumber has told me that he can't fit it right against the wall, I think due to the angle of the waste pipe. The pipe comes in through the external wall and then has to turn 90 degrees to go into the toilet. The plumber has suggested building a "box" at the back of the toilet to conceal the gap and the waste pipe below, so I'll effectively have a shelf behind the toilet. Is there really no other way round this problem?

Have you thought about having a concealed cistern?

I didn't even consider a concealed cistern as I didn't realise the waste pipe would be an issue - but I really wish I had now! It's too late to change now unfortunately, as the toilet has been plumbed in and used.

Is this a common problem? The soil pipe comes in at an awkward place (right at the very corner of the room), and I think that's what is causing the issue.

I guess I'll just have to hope they do an ok job with the boxing - bit of a shame though!

What would worry me if that I might not be happy with the boxing in
I'd be tempted if finances allow is to remove the toilet and sell on eBay and start again
Isn't it so annoying when these unforeseen thing happen?

Or if that's not an option and your bathroom is tiled, something like this

Thanks so much Justaweeone - the first option with the metro tiles looks promising!

Flexible waste pipes help in this situation but what did you have before?

We always install furniture so that all the pipework is concealed. There is nothing I hate more than cleaning the toilet and then reaching round the back to clean the top of the soil pipe. Hide it all away in a cupboard so you can still access everything.

Even though the toilet has been plumbed in, it isn't that difficult to take it back out. We had one that rocked and not due to the floor but due to an uneven base to the toilet pan. So we just replaced it. It was £150 well spent on a new pan.

Cheru, we had an old-fashioned style toilet before that had a much bigger tank, so the seat was further away from the wall and the gap could accommodate the turn in the pipe behind, if you see what I mean.

Unfortunately I think the shape of the new loo, combined with the much smaller tank and the awkward positioning of the waste/soil pipe, has proven to be much more complicated than I realised! I didn't even consider that it wouldn't be possible to put the loo right against the wall.

The box behind the toilet will be completely tiled to match the wall (like in justaweeone's picture above), so I'm just hoping it doesn't look too bad. With hindsight though I wish I'd ordered a different shape toilet...

Hi, I had the same problem like yours. Where the toilet seat was old fashioned type that sat further out. We had almost 10 plumbers said they couldn't do it. If we could it would be very expensive. However we didn't want to have the gap as wanted more space for the room. We 3 more plumbers that didn't even question about it. It took one day as well as adding a sink. The new toilet isn't in yet as we needed to tile in between. Hope this helps.

Sorry meant to say found 3 more plumbers