Bathroom Remodel Idea - is this feasible?

wisdenfan

Thank you all for your fantastic suggestions! I really appreciate it and can't thank you enough. 

The soil pipe is located outside the window that is closest to the current toilet position. 

I really like JJR45's 2nd suggestion - changing the door position, moving the sink to the left wall and putting the toilet in the bottom wall. 

As for the storage, I'm also considering rev229's suggestion regarding a place for the dryer and/or washing machine. I'll check with the builders if that is possible to accommodate. If not, I'll extend the storage all the way to the external wall (I'm sure we will accumulate enough household crap in no time ).

I'm assuming that none of these changes that I'm considering require planning permission, am I correct in saying that?

Thank you all once again for your help.  

Doozergirl

I'm nit sure how big your apartment is, but your idea looks a lot like a waste of space.  

How big is the bathroom, exactly? 

I know this picture above isn't quite the right shape, but that is the ideal layout, created only by moving the doorway in your flat.   It only needs about 1.7m by 2.2m  to be successful.  The toilet is in the perfect position for your flat in that layout.  

And you can get away without freeholder consent for knocking out walls.  

You can have a shower operated independently of the taps over the bath. There's great solutions for screens these days that aren't leaky. 

I'd use the current loo for storage or for the washing machine and tumble dryer.    

flea72

Id move the whole bathroom into where the toilet and store cupboard are.  The existing bathroom can then become a nursery/study

hazyjo

Looks like an awful lot of wasted space. If you want a bathroom that big, fill it! Definitely add storage, and definitely a separate shower cubicle.

Mine's large. There's a massive wet room style shower down one side, a huge bath set behind it, and a loo and sink opposite the shower. Previous owner did the renovations. I'm glad she didn't put standard sized stuff in!

wisdenfan

Wow, suggestions are coming thick and fast Thank you all for the suggestions. 
I should have given the measurements up front, my mistake. Here's an updated diagram with the measurements:

As you can see, none of the spaces are big (it's a London apartment after all ). That's actually the main reason I want to maximize the utilization of any available space.
To be honest, a shower will just be fine for me personally, as I hardly use the bathtub (maybe once in the last 4 years!). But my wife likes to take a bath, especially after a long day at work. So for her, I'd definitely like to keep the bathtub 

Doozergirl

The floorplan proportions don't match the measurements you've given us.  That's unusual for a floorplan to be so far out.  

So opening it up may well make sense.  

The picture I posted is my old bathroom.  We also knocked through from the old toilet.  Initially we had a sink under the window and a separate shower, but we did it again after 10 years and it was a lot nicer with a big deep bath with a thermostatic shower over it, operated via concealed valve.  

My son is 6'2" and he was worried that the shower over the bath would be less preferable to the separate shower, but it was such a nicer room afterwards.  Better to have everything you really need, a neat design and the space to enjoy it. 

What does the rest of your floor plan look like?  It's always the best idea to consider the whole
living space when you're redesigning, especially in a flat.  
 

Alan2020

This looks like a pretty standard layout in an ex LA flat, highly doubt they will allow you to take down any walls and if you do without telling them they will be reinstating them at your cost, so before all the planning check if you are permitted.

flea72

its impossible to design a layout when your plan is way off.
The room the toilet is in is supposed to be square, and the bathroom is wider than it is longer, so why is it represented the other way round?

redrawing your plans, should be the first step