ᐅ Additional Bathroom Adjacent to the Bedroom or a Storage Room Instead?

Hi everyone,
a quick question and I hope you can help us decide. We currently have a storage room on the upper floor (4.54sqm (49 sq ft)). Below it is a bathroom (11.74sqm (126 sq ft)). We definitely want to make the bathroom a bit smaller, around 10sqm (108 sq ft). That would leave the storage room with about 6.3sqm (68 sq ft).
Since our bedroom is above the storage room, we are considering converting the storage room into a bathroom with a toilet, sink, and shower. Access would be through the bedroom, and it would be just for us 😀

The bathroom downstairs would then be for the kids later on—our first child is just 6 months old now—for bathing or if there’s a queue. If needed, there would also be a guest toilet downstairs.
What do you think about this? The cost would be reasonable, around $3000.

We realize that this would be a luxury. Many people might prefer to keep the storage room for extra storage space. On the other hand, we have a large utility room and a spacious guest room where things can be stored. Plus, there is a big garage and a large shed on our property, about 60sqm (646 sq ft). Of course, some items probably won’t be stored in the shed or garage (like bed linens or towels).
Whenever we think about what might go in the storage room, not much comes to mind besides a vacuum cleaner, suitcases, or similar items. But those things could be stored elsewhere—vacuum cleaner in the home office and suitcases in the attic.
Of course, over time stuff accumulates that you want to store, things you don’t even think about now, but we don’t want to clutter the space unnecessarily either 🙂

What do you think?

sauerpeter schrieb:
We currently have a storage room on the upper floor (4.54 m² (49 sq ft)). Below is a bathroom (11.74 m² (126 sq ft)). We definitely want to reduce the bathroom size to about 10 m² (108 sq ft). Then the storage room would be about 6.3 m² (68 sq ft).

Hmm???
Something doesn’t add up, does it? Where exactly are the bathroom and the storage room located? It doesn’t work to increase the storage room by making the bathroom underneath smaller. Or is the room supposed to span two floors???

A floor plan would be helpful, and I assume the bathroom and storage room are next to each other, right?

In general, having a second bathroom is a nice luxury, as long as you won’t miss the storage space.

You can never have enough bathrooms 😀
However, you don’t need one if you sleep in the attic and there is a regular bathroom there.
Otherwise: Please plan accordingly.

Climbee schrieb:
Huh??? Something doesn’t add up here, does it? Where is the bathroom or storage room? This won’t work like this; you need to enlarge the storage room if you’re making the bathroom below smaller. Or is the room meant to span two floors???

A floor plan would help, and I assume the bathroom and storage room are next to each other, right?

Basically, having a second bathroom is a nice luxury if you won’t be missing the storage space.

😀
Thanks for the heads-up. The bathroom is next to it. Poorly described—I was thinking of the top view.

Above, below...
You can never have enough storage space 🙂
You need to upload the entire plan to be able to assess that

Regards

I agree with Yvonne (once again): basically, you can never have enough storage space, and having cleaning supplies in the home office is rather impractical in my opinion.

But now people can discuss, speculate, and say: share the full house plan. Then you can give specific feedback.
The brief explanation is not very clear. The bathroom is next to what exactly? The bedroom, storage room, or is the bedroom next to the storage room, or above it? Or below it, or how?

So please upload the plan.