ᐅ Additional Bathroom Adjacent to the Bedroom or a Storage Room Instead?
Created on: 12 Oct 2016 11:22
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sauerpeter
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?
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?
Hmm, we have already discussed the living room.
There is actually enough storage space (large utility room, oversized pantry), although I find the ground floor layout less than optimal in terms of area usage.
It will probably come down to reducing the size of the office on the upper floor and enlarging the hallway to be able to fit the door to the large bathroom. Then a door to the extra bathroom from the bedroom — even then, you will still have trouble arranging the bed.
Regards
There is actually enough storage space (large utility room, oversized pantry), although I find the ground floor layout less than optimal in terms of area usage.
It will probably come down to reducing the size of the office on the upper floor and enlarging the hallway to be able to fit the door to the large bathroom. Then a door to the extra bathroom from the bedroom — even then, you will still have trouble arranging the bed.
Regards
Musketier schrieb:
Besides, I don’t think you can complete a bathroom renovation to current standards for only €300,000 (about $320,000), unless you do it via EL. That is no longer relevant; I thought the project involved renovating an existing property.
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sauerpeter12 Oct 2016 15:12Musketier schrieb:
Do you and your wife want to clean three bathrooms?
Also, I don’t think anyone would spend only €300,000 ($300,000) for a bathroom renovation to current standards, unless it’s done very cheaply.
We somehow created a lot of storage space in the house, attic, and garage, but it’s still always tight.
Here are some things that come to mind immediately for storage in the house:
- Vacuum cleaner
- Ironing board
- Drying rack
- Laundry baskets
- Tools
- Supplies (food/drink crates/wine/pet food)
- Craft materials/gift wrap
- Seasonal decorations (we have a lot of Christmas stuff)
- Electrical panels/cables
- File folders
- Garden/work clothes/shoes
- Photo albums and personal keepsakes
- Children’s clothes and baby items (e.g., stroller/bathtub/potty), especially if more children are planned
- Leftover tiles
- Current paint leftovers (if no frost-free space is available)
- And of course all the things that you just temporarily store
I think if you own a house, you automatically have more tools and keep more building materials because there are always little projects to do, which as a tenant you wouldn’t care about.I think you didn’t read carefully; this is not about a renovation project but rather an official offer from the builder to convert the storage room into an extra bathroom for €3,000 ($3,000). To be fair, we are buying the sanitary fixtures ourselves.
I’ll list your items and share my quick thoughts on where they might be stored:
- Vacuum cleaner (office room behind door/cupboard, or utility room – large enough)
- Ironing board (utility room)
- Drying rack (utility room)
- Laundry baskets (utility room)
- Tools (garage and shed, both large)
- Supplies (food/drink crates/wine/pet food) (pantry)
- Craft materials/gift wrap (utility room, guest room likely has a small cupboard or dresser drawer)
- Seasonal decorations (for us, mostly Christmas) (utility room, attic)
- Electrical panels/cables??? (utility room)
- File folders (office room)
- Garden/work clothes/shoes (garage, shed, or ground floor cloakroom, e.g., for shoes)
- Photo albums and personal keepsakes (living room)
- Children’s clothes and baby items (e.g., stroller/bathtub/potty), if more children are planned (attic)
- Leftover tiles (garage or shed)
- Current paint leftovers (if no frost-free space available) (garage or shed)
- And then, of course, all the other things you just temporarily store...
Are these all things you would keep in a storage room? Oh dear 🙂
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sauerpeter12 Oct 2016 15:14ypg schrieb:
Well, we already discussed the living room.
There is actually enough storage space (large utility room, oversized pantry), although I find the ground floor layout suboptimal.
It will come down to reducing the size of the office on the upper floor and enlarging the hallway, so that a door to the large bathroom can still be installed. Then a door to the extra bathroom from the bedroom. Even then, you will still have a problem placing the bed.
Regards As last time, the furniture shown is not ours. The architect just used it as an example 🙂
The bed should not be placed like that.
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sauerpeter12 Oct 2016 15:17ypg schrieb:
Hmm, we already discussed the living room.
There is actually enough storage space (large utility room, oversized pantry), although I find the ground floor layout rather suboptimal in terms of area distribution. Why? What would you change?
ypg schrieb:
It will come down to reducing the size of the office on the upper floor and enlarging the hallway so that the door to the large bathroom can still be installed. No other option? If necessary, we thought about integrating the shower from the extra bathroom as a niche in the large bathroom. That would automatically make the large bathroom smaller and the extra bathroom bigger, and would avoid the door issue.
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sauerpeter12 Oct 2016 15:21Curly schrieb:
I find the living space in such a large house relatively small. Have you seen a living room of this size (show home)? Our living room is currently this size and completely sufficient. Everyone has their own opinion on this... We don’t like a very large living room because it wastes a lot of space that we believe is unnecessary. The keyword here is the dining area. Especially if you have a large kitchen.
And if you want a guest room and a larger utility room on the ground floor, all that space has to come from somewhere, if you don’t want or can’t have a 250 sqm (2690 sq ft) house.
Curly schrieb:
If you plan an extra bathroom on the upper floor, I would definitely design it so that it can be accessed directly from the bedroom. But that’s exactly the point here... It also says the access should be from the bedroom.
Hhhmmmm...
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