To combine separate wc & bathroom?

[Clarabellawilliamson]

We currently have a separate bathroom (small) and toilet upstairs. Now in desperate need up replacing. I have someone coming tomorrow to give me some quotes, but I can't decide wether to keep them separate or combine. I change my mind every day!
There are real pros and cons to both-

Separate- can use toilet if someone in bathroom, keeps toilet away from toothbrushes and towels, adds a buffer space between bathroom and dds bedroom so it's not too noisy in the morning BUT the bathroom is very small, definitely no room for a separate shower unit.

Knock through- bigger space to play with, can prob have separate shower but lose the benefits of separate and obviously a more expensive and bigger building job!

What would you do?

We also grew up with bidets, they are great

In your case I would combine.

We have a separate loo to where the bath/shower and sink are but wouldn't combine as we have no other loo!

I’m combining mine, but we have a downstairs toilet and a shower room in the loft

I would keep them separate. You don't need a separate bath and shower cubicle, just have a shower over the bath and it is so much better to have a separate toilet when someone is having a long soak in the bath.
I know it has become fashionable to combine them but I don't like it. i see no need for a large bathroom.

For this that love a diagram- this is what I'm working with..... of course the bathroom people due today didn't turn up, so I have longer to work out what I actually want! 😂

With no sink in the toilet, absolutely combine the two.

Make koo door open outwards leaving room for basin on wall

Do you not have a sink in the toilet?

No sink in the toilet at the moment, could change the toilet for one of those with a sink in the cistern or perhaps fit a tiny one in if we decided to keep them separate

I didn't realise, if keep separate (which I prefer) you defo need a sink in there.

We combined ours, and we don’t have another loo in the house.

We have an upstairs bathroom and separate loo. No sink in the loo (and no space for one either). We also have a downstairs loo.

Under no circumstances would I combine the loo and bathroom. Before we moved in, this is what we had planned, but having lived with it for years now, I wouldn’t do it.

That said, I do t have an issue with someone coming into the bathroom to wash their when I am already in it. I would however have an issue with someone wanting to use the loo if I was in the bathroom. So this works really well for us. I dont know if it makes a difference, but we have a bath and stand-alone shower in our bathroom (sometimes both are in use at the same time).

I would combine, I have this layout and if we were staying in this house it's the next improvement I would make.

There's a current thread about the sink cistern combination.
I'm one of those who recommend them, as I have a loo separate from the bathroom and want the extra cleanliness factor, as well as more convenient hand washing.
Not everyone can be tidy using a bum gun!

I have a separate toilet and bathroom which I definitely prefer, but it seems to be uncommon and only in older houses now. I find it really unhygienic to think of flushing the loo and having toothbrushes and face cloths out right next to it.

We don't have a basin in the toilet but it's something I plan to add, it's not too difficult to add a very small washbasin in there.

We combined and I don't regret that at all, with two teenagers yes there can be a queue sometimes but we have a pretty good system going and also a separate toilet/shower downstairs.

Keep the loo separate....get a sink in there somehow.....I just do not understand the need to combine....if you think about it, it is revolting

I would absolutely never want to keep a toilet with no sink. The idea of having any sort of messy toilet experience and have to open door handles etc before I can wash my hands and then maybe not being able to get in ... Unless room for a sink - combine.

So the first person came to look today and I thought he would definitely recommend combining (bigger job, more money) but he said keep them separate. If we combined and added a separate shower it would still feel cluttered.
He also reckoned the toilet was big enough to put a small sink in. Winner.