Space for upstairs WC ?

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Hi All,

I would really appreciate some feedback. Just had an offer accepted on a property which has a downstairs bathroom only. I initially didn’t mind as I have lived in flats my entire life so not used to having things spread about across two levels, however I two young children and realised that this might pose an issue at night.

I like the are and the property (had been looking for some time) so I would really like to make this work. Please see upstairs layout with measurements, can anyone advise anywhere they think I could realistically place a WC, I feel as though the rooms aren’t that big as it is, so not sure if I should just make the downstairs bathroom work without tampering with the layout upstairs.

I know some people may suggest a loft conversion, but I don’t have the funds for that.

Many thanks

Bedroom 2 is really long and narrow. You could potentially take a metre off it for a small toilet room.

Making the hall way a metre longer, door in to the toilet on left, door into Bedroom straight ahead.

This! I assume bathroom is at the back downstairs as well (as is usually the case in this layout?) so pipe work won’t be too far away and can hopefully route the soil pipe into the existing one.

Will Bedroom 1 be your bedroom and 2 and 3 the kids bedrooms? If so I'd say best option would be to make bedroom 2 smaller and fitting a toilet there would need new door I to bedroom and door into the toilet.
Obviously need.to consider where plumbing will go as well so may depend what's below.

I have young children and only a bathroom downstairs..it's awful but we have no room to squeeze one in.

My suggestion is the same as @Needanewname42 's

Depending on the room their is potential to shoe horn in a shower too. Making a L shaped shower room and have a cupboard or wardrobe on the other side of it.
So you aren't eating too much into the room.

Thank you @Needanewname42 Such a great idea! Great to know I can really make this house work for my family with your suggestion.

@Cheepcheepcheep spot on! That is the exact layout! Thanks so much for your input, it’s reassuring to know I can make this house work as I really do love it!

It depends where the drainage for the house is. Is the downstairs toilet at the front or back of the house?

Hi @AuraBora Thank you for your feedback. Yes Bedroom 1 will be my room, and for the time being the boys will share bedroom 3 (they are only 4 and 6 and they currently share in our 2 bed flat). Bedroom 2 will be my office as I work remotely until the boys get older and decide they want their own space (that’s the long term plan).

Below bedroom 2 is the bathroom. I note you said you currently live in a house with a downstairs bathroom and it’s awful, is this due to the inconvenience of needing the loo at night? or other factors? As mentioned in my original post coming from a flat I never considered this to be an issue until later on when I thought about having to go down steps at night when the boys need the loo.

I haven't looked at the measurements, but we have a full bathroom where everyone is saying to put a loo. I'm doing an image to say if you can keep a bit of corridor in the bedroom and make the bedroom door open into it, you have a much more usable space with the bit that is left. If you get a full bathroom upstairs it won't cost a great deal more and it would let you take out the downstairs one in the future.

Hiya @Geneticsbunny it’s at the back of the house under bedroom 2.

We've got an en suite that is only 1700x1500 or something similarly tiny and it works okay - it only has a shower in it but that's fine if you have a proper bathroom downstairs as well. Once you move in you can put tape on the floor to visualise how much space you're willing to lose.

Aaahhhh amazing! Thank you @ACynicalDad for your response and drawing. I was initially happy to settle for just a loo now I’m feeling a little ambitious and can see how maybe a I could get a small bathroom in the area!

This above is your best option. The WC will need to be 1.2m by circa 0.8m so you can make bedroom two smaller and include it. Just make sure the hallway it creates remains 0.9m wide and it will be fine.

Thank you @MusicMum80s !!!

This is good news. Might still be worth asking a
builder to confirm it’ll work if it’s a deal-breaker.

We had a similar issue in our last house, though the floor plan was slightly different. We looked at historical house sales in the same street/area on Zoopla, as they often have the house marketing particulars attached. We then took a look at the floor plans to see who else had added an upstairs bathroom, this gave us ideas and confirmation of what was possible. To save space, we installed an Eclisse sliding door, which opens by disappearing into the stud wall.

www.eclisse.co.uk/single/

A sliding door would work.
I would still be tempted to go with a shower room rather than a full bathroom. Creating an L shaped room.

But using the other part of the L for a cupboard. The house doesn't look like it has a lot of storage space, unless their are cupboards downstairs.

We had the same layout in our old house, although the bathroom was the only one in the house. Room for bath with shower along the back wall, sink and loo facing each other. Window above bath. It was tight but fine. Room at the back still big enough for study or small bedroom when needed. A pocket door would be even better than one opening outwards which we had.