A bungalow we are interested in would need it's garage converted to give us an ensuite and dining room.
We need to know how small we can go with shower ,loo and sink to let us know how big the potential dining room is.
What have you got?
Dunno about ensuite but we have a tiny bathroom.
Like TINY. 1.7m x 1.4 something like that.
Has a full bath, decent sink and a toilet no bother. Its the inly bathroom and its absolutely fine. And easy to keep warm.
You want your dining room to have an ensuite? 😉
Ours is pretty small only as wide as the shower tray.
Built to fit around an 80cm shower tray, a tiny hand wash basin an a toilet. 80 x 200cm with a sliding door. The toilet is on slight angle so I don't bang my leg on the basin getting up. All works fine.
You need one of those ones like on a cross channel ferry. They are about 4 foot square, if that!
I remember about 30 years ago we stopped in Nuits St George and asked for a room with an en suite. I could only see a shower and basin in a tiny closet. I went and asked the owner where the toilet was. He came up, lifted the wooden slatted floor to expose the porcelain hole in the ground with the two moulded foot placings for the customary squat.
I doubt you'll find a smaller one than that.
And a pic when it was nearly finished. Hardest part was the plumbing, getting hot and cold water to it and a proper 100mm waste pipe with the right fall away. As with many things it's what you can't see the takes the time and effort.
Looked at a house once that we thought had a built in wardrobe, but when you opened the door it had a loo, sink and shower, literally in the former wardrobe.
Funnily enough, a year or so later we got to know the couple that had bought the house. First thing they did was convert it back into wardrobe.
You need one of those ones like on a cross channel ferry. They are about 4 foot square, if that!
Or a caravan.
Serious answer - it also depends on the mobility needs (if any) of the user. I could manage in a four foot square ensuite, my elderly parents couldn't.
I'm colour blind, orange looks great to my eyes. In another 70s orange flat I've kept the original colours. I have fond memories of a very orange 76 T2 camper. Orange guitar cab, orages to eat, orange juice - what's not to like ? Besides it goes great with the yellow quilt cover, red sheets and pillow slips... .
Daft question but why do you need an en suite if in a bungalow (my ignorance suggests you are downsizing so less people in the house)? Assuming it has a fitted bathroom already, why lose the bike space?
If the garage needs converted to en suite and dining room, it sounds like it is too small for your needs.
Sorry, aware that sounds a bit rude and harsh...isn't intended but I've lost all my tact after today!
As it's ground floor a wet room could be used to save space.
Mrs Zip demands an ensuite and I want a proper dining room .
Bungalow is a bit small but it's in a great area.
Bikes will go in my bespoke workshop the other side of the bungalow.
Serious answer - it also depends on the mobility needs (if any) of the user. I could manage in a four foot square ensuite, my elderly parents couldn't.
This, if it's your forever house, think about what use it will be when you are older & plan ahead.
I did think about that, the sink is bolted through the wall and makes a solid hand hold. The sliding 90cm door makes for easy access. If ever there's a need for wheel chair access that'll be the main bathroom with a partition knocked out.
I've got a new-build "handicapped access" flat with turning circles for wheel chairs, big lifts, silly big bathroom and someone put the shower door on so the fixed part is where the wheel chair should roll in. Idiots.
I stayed in a hotel (la Perla) in Siena in about 1992 and the 'en suite' was a one piece moulding in a cupboard - much like in a motorhome/campervan. We thought it was a clever way to squeeze facilities into an ancient building. I’ve not been back to that hotel but would be intrigued to know if they’ve change things.
Sliding pocket doors are great for ensuites as they save room in the ensuite and bedroom, no need for the swing of a normal door.
There are also odd shaped baths if you look, so you could have a wedge shape that allows a better use of space than the standard tub
Ski resorts in the 60s and 70s often had fre-fab fibreglass orange bathrooms that were craned in and connected as the building went up. There's one in a modern art collection at Centre Pompidou
Looked at a house once that we thought had a built in wardrobe,
My sister's first flat had this....but on another level. Door in the bedroom that might have been a built in cupboard/wardrobe once and when you opened it there was exactly another space for a toilet. To use it your arse was in the cupboard but the rest of you was still in the room, knees pressed against the bed. No space for a sink so if you planned on washing your hands you had to go into the actual bathroom.
Realistically, if you take the complete building, drain alteration and decoration cost and add to your budget, can you get somewhere that already has a dining room and en-suite? (And still have a garage?)
Presumably it's going to cost quite a chunk, the garage probably has a lower floor than the house so you are going to step down or raise the floor and potentially have a head room issue, and unless it's a generous garage it's probably not going to be the most spacious dining room.
And let's not forget the big question, where are the bikes going to live, and if that garage will make a passable dining room, it will make an excellent workshop with en suite...
What does the en suite need to include? If just a toilet and basin then it doesn't need to be very wide and you can get very narrow sinks...so maybe just needs to be 3 foot wide?
If a shower as well, can you get something that gets used in a motorhome? Assuming that is a kit that can get slid into place and plumbed, that might also save you space...shower and toilet likely to be in same space, though.
Am I alone in hating poxy shower cubicles where you can stand with your arms down, any hope of moving around or using a towel are 0 as there are walls everywhere?
I ditched the bath in our bathroom as I wanted as big a walk in shower as I could have, no regrets.
You can have a snooze in a shower though...not really relevant for an en suite, but having had a soak and snooze yesterday evening, I'm not sure I could give up a bath.