smaller bathroom or bedroom?

rosie383

We have good sized bedrooms but a small bathroom. The new house we are buying is similar.
I agree completely with bossypants. My dh really doesn't like a small bathroom but considering the amount of time any of us spend there compared to a bedroom, bedroom size has won this one.

MoneyMission2015

In our first house we had a huge bathroom. The house we're in now has a very small bathroom. Has it made any difference to us at all? Not in the slightest. In fact I prefer it because it's less tiles to keep clean :rotfl:

jtr2803

Thanks all, nice to hear other people's opinions. I have to say that we aren't really considering resale value, we just want what works best for us and will meet our needs as a couple and a family at a later date.

Unfortunately the floor plan I found doesn't show the bathroom measurements so once hubby is back I'll measure the room and sketch it. I think a good remodel would go a long way to helping, just that the built in wardrobes need gutting and the bath needs to be replaced so it seemed like a good two birds one stone opportunity!

GaleSF63

Measure everything ie bath etc. accurately and jiggle things around on your computer, or the old fashioned way, cutting shapes out for bathroom furniture and playing around with them. Then decide if the bathroom is big enough.

If it doesn't work, you still probably won't need the depth of the wardrobes - 2.5ft by the length of the room is a lot! Perhaps use about a foot of the bedroom; you'd be surprised how much bigger the bathroom would be. Then slightly smaller wardrobes? Turn the hanging rails round then you won't need a standard depth of wardrobe.

Hoploz

I've done a bathroom recently and there are some lovely space saving furniture options these days. For example, for a loo and full size hand basin next to each other with units under, worktop on top, requires only a width of 1100mm side by side and looks really smart.

Jhoney_2

Another vote for bedroom over bathroom here!

When I bought current home, there was a shower room of less than 1.5m x 2m, no storage or bath ( that monstrosity was located downstairs), so it made sense to reduce the rather large bedroom on the other side. An extra meter and associated extra window made a lovely 4pc bath, shower, toilet and sink and still left a nice double.

The downstairs bathroom was subsequently put out of (my) its misery.

Not sure what your family situation is, but with small kids, you don't get leisure/spa time in there anyway.

A word of caution: too small a bedroom will also reduce possible buyers - should you outgrow it at some point in the future, so only take the space you think necessary for it to function well.

jtr2803

Managed to (roughly) measure the room and it's just over 6.5ft wide by around 5ft 3" deep.

I've sketched the layout, please don't laugh, art was not my forte! https://instagram.com/p/1gSW4SKEO6/

The main issues are the towel rail taking up half the wall and a big gap between sink and toilet that's not big enough to put anything in. I don't think there is an alternative layout unless we lost the bath...?

ManuelG

In a bathroom I wash, excrete and urinate. As long as I have space to do all three (not at the same time) I'm happy.

A cavernous gap between bath and loo is no loss, to me.

ribenacreep

We moved a bathroom upstairs in a house that had it downstairs by turning the stairs the other way. We chose to keep a double third bedroom but have a very small bathroom. Just sold it and made a profit so I think we made the right decision. Bathroom is small, but we chose soft colours and built storage above the stairs and its a nice space. Don't be cheap with your lighting though!

Owain_Moneysaver

Look at replacing the sink and toilet with ones that fit into units, and change the towel rail to a tall narrow one.



1000 mm wide, £250 from screwfix