ᐅ Single-family house with main bathroom on the upper floor: experiences with bathroom planning?
Created on: 16 Aug 2022 10:35
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doolittle
Hello everyone,
we are well advanced with our house planning, but our main bathroom on the upper floor is still giving us some thoughts. Maybe you have ideas on how we could rearrange the bathroom a bit?
Thank you very much for your ideas and suggestions 😉
Here are the facts:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size --- 600 sqm (6,458 sq ft)
Slope --- yes
Number of parking spaces --- 3
Homeowners' requirements
Style, roof type, building type --- hipped roof detached house
Basement, floors --- yes, 3 basement levels, ground floor, upper floor
Number of people, ages --- 2 + 2 (children) or 2 + 3 (children)
Room needs on ground floor, upper floor
Office: family use or home office? --- home office
Overnight guests per year --- rare
Conservative or modern construction --- rather conservative
Open kitchen, cooking island --- kitchen separated from dining room by double doors, cooking island
Number of dining seats --- at least 6
Fireplace --- yes, in the living room
Balcony, roof terrace --- we deliberately chose a hallway with a door on the west side of the upper floor to leave the option open to add a roof terrace there
Garage, carport --- double garage
House design
Who created the plan? --- architect
What do you particularly like? Why? --- We are very satisfied with the plan
What don’t you like? Why? --- Only the bathroom on the upper floor we would still like to improve. Currently, the bathtub and shower are placed on the north side, which feels a bit cramped. We have always wanted a freestanding bathtub on the north side with a panoramic window looking north, where we have an unobstructed view of fields. Does anyone have an idea how we can arrange the bathroom better? This will be our main family bathroom.
Many thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions
we are well advanced with our house planning, but our main bathroom on the upper floor is still giving us some thoughts. Maybe you have ideas on how we could rearrange the bathroom a bit?
Thank you very much for your ideas and suggestions 😉
Here are the facts:
Development plan/restrictions
Plot size --- 600 sqm (6,458 sq ft)
Slope --- yes
Number of parking spaces --- 3
Homeowners' requirements
Style, roof type, building type --- hipped roof detached house
Basement, floors --- yes, 3 basement levels, ground floor, upper floor
Number of people, ages --- 2 + 2 (children) or 2 + 3 (children)
Room needs on ground floor, upper floor
Office: family use or home office? --- home office
Overnight guests per year --- rare
Conservative or modern construction --- rather conservative
Open kitchen, cooking island --- kitchen separated from dining room by double doors, cooking island
Number of dining seats --- at least 6
Fireplace --- yes, in the living room
Balcony, roof terrace --- we deliberately chose a hallway with a door on the west side of the upper floor to leave the option open to add a roof terrace there
Garage, carport --- double garage
House design
Who created the plan? --- architect
What do you particularly like? Why? --- We are very satisfied with the plan
What don’t you like? Why? --- Only the bathroom on the upper floor we would still like to improve. Currently, the bathtub and shower are placed on the north side, which feels a bit cramped. We have always wanted a freestanding bathtub on the north side with a panoramic window looking north, where we have an unobstructed view of fields. Does anyone have an idea how we can arrange the bathroom better? This will be our main family bathroom.
Many thanks in advance for your ideas and suggestions
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Aloha_Lars16 Aug 2022 13:38It will be interesting if you furnish the floor. Staircase 1m (3.3 ft) wide, hallway 1.25m (4.1 ft) wide. No space for maneuvering. Good luck with a bed, children’s sofa, desk, and wardrobe.
doolittle schrieb:
we find this a bit cramped.Me too. Who would want such an awkward, impractical shower? doolittle schrieb:
unobstructed view of fields.The panoramic window should be a bit larger there. Personally, I’m not a fan of noisy views from the bathtub. I usually take baths when it’s already dark outside. During summer or daytime, it feels out of place. I think you should consider that. However, for a quick bathroom visit, I always find a few seconds to enjoy our panorama of the cathedral. Aloha_Lars schrieb:
It’s going to be interesting when you furnish the upper floor. Staircase 1m (3 ft 3 in) wide, hallway 1.25m (4 ft 1 in) wide. No room to maneuver. Good luck with a bed, kids’ sofa, desk, and wardrobe. Make sure to allow enough side space next to the stairway for the handrail plus 100cm (3 ft 3 in). Otherwise, later on, you won’t even be able to carry your kids to bed or haul furniture packages or laundry baskets upstairs. I would make the staircase landing one step narrower, which would save one step width on the upper floor. This way, you could move the bathroom door about 25 cm (10 inches) upwards on the plan and place the washbasin with plenty of storage against the wall. A large shower could be designed as a "walkthrough" or with three glass sides, and in the upper left corner in front of a larger window, a freestanding bathtub could be positioned. The toilet could be placed discreetly next to it.
In this context, I would also enlarge the hallway by the width of one wall.
In this context, I would also enlarge the hallway by the width of one wall.
Würfel* schrieb:
I would make the stair landing one step narrower,Do I have a mental block? Making the landing narrower would mean also narrowing the tread width of the steps coming from the right.
kbt09 schrieb:
Do I have a mental block? Making the landing narrower would also mean reducing the walking width of the steps coming from the right.We can’t see how the staircase continues or what the headroom situation is like. Otherwise, I don’t think Würfel’s suggestion is bad, but in my opinion, “nice” looks different in new construction.Similar topics