I will start with an admission - I have read nothing of the comments. However I have helped a friend design a compact laundry. Here was how we did it. 1. Start with a list of everything - and I mean everything, include pegs, those little lint ball things for the washing machine, buckets, mops, vacuum, airers etc - that you want to store in the space. 2. Break that list into where you want to store it - drawers, wall, or cupboard - and then rewrite the list as cupboard, drawers, wall etc.As you are doing this, see if you can store those items elsewhere - we added a ceiling airer in the bathroom using pulleys. Also mark any item that a special storage gadget might help. We added to the back of one door (I think they were custom made 925mm and 2300mm high) a hanger for the vacuum hose, and in the cupboard a hanger that slides out for the brooms and mop. 3. Go measure the space you have, and be exact - if the measurement is 1457mm it is 1457mm. Also, see where you might "borrow" space from. We managed to add another 650mm deep, 750mm wide cupboard by swapping the two bedrooms around, and using space in the guest bedroom wardrobe. 4. Draw up a plan, and be really specific. If you think you need four drawers and a top mounted sink then plan that way. Whilst you are planning think over whether you want top spec and not hide it, or to hide it behind really nice doors. We used reasonable quality from Bunnings and modified because it was behind doors. Also, don't be afraid to "borrow" something from a different zone. In my laundry I used a round kitchen sink, because I didn't want a really deep laundry tub so I could use the room underneath. 5. Go and find a really good quality cupboard manufacturer or builder and ask them to look over your plan and ideas. They may tweak to assist, but remember you know your space and what you will be using it for better than anyone. In my friends case, she had a brother who assisted and made a super looking set of doors. As to resale value, that depends on who you want to buy it, but I have one piece of advice - don't go for the resale value, do it because that is what you want. In my friends case she turned her laundry into the bathroom, and then turned the oversized bathroom into a very natty study. Good Luck.

I would reduce the size of bed 2 to 3000 and give the 800 to the bathrooms to get decent vanities and storage, The laundry turn the washing machine and tub to run along the window allowing you to prop a broom in the corner and to give more space access machine. I have two bathrooms, no en-suite and moved my laundry into one of the bathrooms behind sliding doors. Love it, but I have storage space. included. Where do you keep your mop and vacuum etc?

there are some inconsistencies with dimensions that need to be checked to be certain of sizes but, instead of having to sacrifice something else to find space for a new laundry and also having to rearrange the old laundry to create an ens, my suggestion includes a new ens, master bedroom with biw and keeps the existing laundry and toilet with some modest changes to the kitchen ..you will need a window in the old external laundry door and the ens could be installed without a full width wall and door to avoid having to change the old bedroom window but an enclosed shower stall and efficient exhaust fan will avoid too much steam in the bedroom and free standing flat pac storage could be used to replace the lost hall storage

Thanks Kate. Our house has 2 bathrooms. So would that mean that in theory I could put the washing machine in one bathroom and that the sink in that bathroom could be classed as the 'washtub' while the handbasin in the second bathroom covers off on that requirement?