I love my Asko dishwasher, great brand, it has many options, like water temp, top draw only if it's not full, fast wash, heavy wash, etc it actually uses less water for the normal wash than the full bowl on my sink. Our house is on all rain water so no need for the finish product to get rid of the calcium in the town supply that leaves the streaks. As someone with a spine problem, standing in one position doing the dishes is a real pain! We are building what should be our last house at present and I have designed our kitchen to have the dishwasher up off the floor with a draw under it, that way when packing and unpacking there is less of that half bend for my back. Just in passing I have a 'black belt' in dishwasher packing everything goes in and the kitchen is clean in jiffy! When I was working full time it was my sanity, I think a clean kitchen makes every home look like a clean home.

hi we have about six months ago now, re done our bath room , similar size to yours, and , i can take some photos and email them to you , we have maximised space, and walls , put in a white stone bath under the window , it is a metre in width , with a cool water spout coming off the centre under the window we pu t afalse ledge in to sit , candles etc on , , we tiles floor to ceiling, off white , wall mirror cabnit with three mirrors , inset into the wall so its only sits out a we bit from the wall tiles , floating bath room vanity , so that it makes the floor space look bigger , . matching stone square basin sits ontop of the vanity to one side so plenty of room to sit all your bath room stuff when need be , seperate shower all tiled as well , with inset , shelves for shampoo etc, also , when you open the bath room door and walk in when you close the bath room door behind it next to the shower is a very narrow floor to ceiling shelvec for towels, now the hole is there we jaust havent got the shelves put in yet. , we gt loads of comments as the bth room dosent look small evn though it is , , most expensive item the sqwat extra wide stone bath , made to order basin / tap ware and shower spray thing ,oh and the white stone vanity which we had made to order as well , due to the sizing .

Thank you - yes we are nearly at the end of our build but we are so disappointed they did this. I have contacted the plumber and he said he raised the issue with the project manager who told him to do it like this. I think even if the tap was placed to the left hand side it would make a difference. We have three bathrooms in the house they have done like this. It was originally even worse but I made them get new arms for the showers but it is still not right. I will attach pic of original before we put new arms on.

Small bathrooms are the hardest to design as there is so much detail that you need to take into consideration. When I work with a small bathroom I draw everything to scale at 1:20 detail to ensure that things like power points, light switches, towel rails, toilet roll holders and door swings for showers and cupboards have all been considered. Consider concealed wall cisterns, floating vanities, big mirrors, eye-height storage, ventilation and good lighting for make-up to make the most of your small bathroom. The selection of your vanity basin size and the style of your cistern and pan will affect what you can squeeze in. The success of any small bathroom is not just in the layout, but the thought that has gone into the details, and the space required to use it comfortably.