Ensuite - uni style

[Poppiesway1]

Hi, having an extension on my 1930’s terrace soon. The current bathroom is upstairs in what was previously a bedroom (toilet was in the outhouse still in garden). The bathroom is being converted back to a bedroom and bathroom going downstairs into the extension. I had really wanted 2 toilets as the dc always seem to need to go at same time. The eldest ds who has previously lived in at uni for a week,
suggested putting a little ensuite in like he had in his halls. I said no to start with but im now coming round to the idea as the room is a good size and already has plumbing to the room.
Anyway.. my Q is.. has any fitted a small but practical ensuite into the corner of a room? Similar to the ones at Uni? Ive tried searching the web for ideas but cant seem to find something similar to a small ensuite / wet room style.
Any ideas or experience in this area?

(I was going to do a loft conversion but due to shape of roof / ceilings it was too much money due to specially made / shaped beam supports which would have been needed and not enough floor room remaining).

I don’t think the proposed ensuite would add value to your house and may in fact devalue it. Suggest you speak to a few local estate agents and get them to look at your house.

I went into a pub with that arrangement for the wash hand basin on top of the loo and you had to reach over the loo to use it and it was tiny. Would be no good for brushing teeth or whatever.

greatshowunicorn is right, the best option to add an upstairs toilet, sink and shower would be to put it where your landing and upper flight of stairs would have been. The area there should be big enough to use because that should give you sufficient room for all three, then you can add a full bathroom downstairs. Means you will have two smaller rooms for the boys but each has there own room and you have the larger room.

I'd go with putting in an upstairs toilet in that space then. Or shower room in space allows.

@BlueSkiesLies I can’t have a dormer/ loft because of the roof shape, the bedroom ceilings take up part of the roof which means the loft footprint is small, and would need specialist beams made for a small room which would be very expensive and impractical. Would be a small box room.

greatshowunicorn i have no water or waste / drains at the front of house, is there something that can still be put in there without drains ? Water would have to piped from back of house to the front.

Im not worried about adding or devaluing property as im going to be here for many more years to come (i hope). When I had house valued to sell a few years ago, it wasnt as much as the same house in the next terrace down had been valued, they moved the bathroom downstairs and kept the upstairs sink in the old bathroom / new bedroom. Mine was more up to date as have had gas put on to house, added central heating and created a driveway, which that house hadnt, but because of the extra bedroom the estate agent valued it as more. But as i say i wont be leaving for many more years and at the moment ds1 has plans that he will buy the house if I threaten to move again (but been here 21yrs)

Where the bedroom ceilings are part of the roof, along the entire terrace, this means speacilist support beams would have to be made, and also means the loft is not as big as it appears.

The saniflo systems (or similar) can deal with waste as they macerate and pump through small bore pipe work. A decent plumber should be able to divert water pipe work from existing bathroom under the floorboards and run the waste pipe back to join into the existing drainage pipes from the former bathroom at the back of the house.

I’d seriously look at a downstairs bedroom. Could you build him cupboards under the stairs etc. If he’s away at uni and it’s only you and son 2 at home in term time it seems crazy to move the bathroom downstairs.

Can you lower bedroom ceilings? Thus giving bigger floor area in loft.

Can you not put a small bathroom in the loft

We had something like this - it’s an entire unit. Shower is built into it. Just plumb in and plug in.
We bought it in France in Leroy Merlin - about £300