Downstairs bathroom! Where to build?

7 months ago

last modified: 7 months ago

Can we build a downstairs bathroom with a window on this floor plan? We had a couple of ideas and nothing seems to be working as of now.

1. I tried designing it at the rear of the house with a possible 3*6 extension but it seems like we need to have a door to the bathroom via the kitchen (doesn't seem like a good idea). Maybe I am doing something wrong. Is there a way we can have a bathroom at the rear in this floor plan?

2. Then I thought of having a bathroom at the front, by converting a narrow garage into a small room for 2 elders with a bathroom in the front.

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Miri Design Ltd
7 months ago
Hi Aara

I think the issue is the window requirenment for the bathroom, which makes it difficult to accommodate in the current house plans. Is there a reason this is such a priority?

Without extending, the natural place for the ground floor bathroom would be in the garage conversion, where the bedroom faces the front of the property and the bathroom is adjacent to the stairs. For resale value a window in the bedroom will always take precedence over a bathroom window.

If its ventilation you're concerned with, extraction fans have moved on a great deal in the recent years. If natural light is a key requirenment, and high internal window (between the bathroom & staircase or bathroom & bedroom) would resolve the issue.

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Sonia
7 months ago
The garage conversion sounds good. My cousin converted her garage into a bedroom, then a small lobby leading to a shower room. There was no window in the bathroom, but she did remove the garage door at the front of the house and added a window. It was for when her parents visited and it was very nice.
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Aara
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Thanks Sonia! May I know how much it costs for the whole project? includes plumbing, flooring etc?
Sonia
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No idea of costs I’m afraid. It was about 20 years ago.

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