ᐅ Bathroom layout: 7.12 m² guest toilet / 5.02 m² bathroom with bathtub / 7.19 m² bathroom with shower

Hello everyone,
our building project is becoming more concrete, and now we are moving on to the bathroom planning.
This forum has already provided me with a lot of inspiration, so maybe you have some good suggestions for our bathrooms?
Attached you will find the floor plans from our architect’s approved planning.

Here are a few notes, the measurements, and my questions for you:
Bathroom ground floor (GF):

• For customers and as a guest WC
• Shower if possible
• Long side: 3.80 m (12.5 ft)
• Short side: 1.875 m (6.2 ft)
• Doors can be moved
• Door from office to WC is a "nice to have," not mandatory
• Window cannot be moved

How can we fit a shower into this room?
Does anyone have experience with bathrooms that have two doors? This is rather unusual, and we haven’t yet come up with a practical solution for locking/unlocking two doors in an uncommon layout.

1. Bathroom upper floor (UF):

• “Children’s bathroom,” therefore with a bathtub
• Long side: 2.79 m (9.2 ft)
• Short side: 1.85 m (6.1 ft)
• Door can only be moved slightly, window cannot be moved

The wall on the left can be moved by about 5 cm (2 inches) to align the bathtub with the window.
Do you have any ideas on where to create storage space?
We also want to install a shower screen on the bathtub so that it can be used as a shower.

2. Bathroom upper floor

• “Master bathroom” next to the bedroom. Preferably with a walk-in shower
• Long side: 3.78 m (12.4 ft)
• Short side: 1.90 m (6.2 ft)
• Door can be moved, window cannot

We are still completely undecided about the layout here – do you have any suggestions?

Thank you very much for your thoughts and feedback.
Best regards

Just a quick question: Why does a guest WC need a shower? If you have overnight guests, they can also use the kids’ bathroom. I would save the space and money, and the same goes for the door from the office to the WC.

I’ve always disliked bathtubs with integrated showers. I had one for years and hated it. But unfortunately, that’s all the space you have. Does the bathroom really have to be so cramped? Personally, I’d keep the bathtub as a bathtub and just send the kids downstairs to shower if a shower is absolutely necessary there.

Upstairs, I would place the sink directly to the left of the door. But that’s a matter of personal preference.

Thank you for your quick response.
The idea was that my husband (a tradesman) wouldn’t have to walk through the entire house to take a shower after work, but rather have a short distance to go.
If we want to include a shower on the ground floor, where could it be placed? Currently, the only available space is in front of the window. I imagine that might be impractical, or is that more common than I think?

Unfortunately, the bathroom upstairs is already at its maximum size; any expansion would come at the expense of the children’s room.
But your point is valid—if we install a shower downstairs, we probably won’t need a shower-bathtub combination upstairs.

For the others:

I now find a shower with a glass partition directly in front of the window quite unproblematic. The door from the office is nonsense.

kaho674 schrieb:
The door from the office is nonsense.

I agree. And while you’re at it, paint over the direct external access door to the office as well. Neither of these doors actually save any walking distance, but both reduce wall space significantly. They also cause issues (having to lock and unlock two doors) and create unnecessary concern (an office room with THREE doors, really?).

Kekse schrieb:
I agree. And while you’re at it, remove the direct outside access to the office as well. Neither of these doors actually save any walking distance, but they do reduce usable wall space significantly. Plus, they cause issues (locking and unlocking two doors) or paranoia (an office with THREE doors, seriously?).

I feel the same way. 11 square meters (118 square feet) is really too small for three doors. You can’t work in peace with that much traffic in the room.

Evolith schrieb:
I always disliked tubs with integrated showers. I had one for years and hated it. Unfortunately, that’s all the space you have available.

It’s not that bad. We have one too, and I never minded it. And with the kids, you can expect they won’t complain about it either.

Parents’ bathroom: move the door to the right as planned, then it will work.

Thanks to @kaho674 for your attention.