subject to internal measurements i wonder if this floorplan could work for you, otherwise keeping the bathtub with shower is a bonus when some people might be tempted to only have a shower and exclude small children from renting the flat

Thank you, We probably won't move the shower to a separate location without the bath as we won't be able to put a large vanity but thanks for the idea oklouise.

Janna can I ask which bath you got from Decina if you know? A bath with a flat bottom would be ideal! Cheers

It's a Decina Kensington (just found the receipt!)

Thank you so much, that's brilliant!

Shower over a bath works well for a small space and is very practical for families. Having a bath tub is always an asset and you can never have enough floor space in a family bathroom when you have young kids.

Hi

RE your relocation options, the plumbing is probably going to dictate what your design options really are. Apartment renovations are quite a bit different to normal reno works in that there are often a lot more restrictions as to what you can do.

For example, in older buildings, the drain for the bath is often a smaller diameter pipe than the shower as it doesn't need the flow rate. This means that moving the shower to the bath results in long high pressure showers filling up the floor (so you definitely need a hob) because of poor drainage, particularly if you don't keep hair out of the drain.

As the floor drain plumbing is often situated either within the slab or penetrates into the ceiling space below, it is not able to be changed without major works and cooperation of others.

The water supply and the waste usually go back to a plumbing stack so your options also depend on the proximity to that.

Many things can however be done, but the overall plan of the apartment needs to be looked at re stack/access to pipes/check pipe diameters.

With a bit of creative re-working we have installed additional toilets and shown other residents some of the possibilities in the apartments we have done but every apartment is different.

My tip would be to do some research within your complex as to what has been done by other owners and speak to them about the issues they had to overcome.

If you don't know of any you could easily do a web search for your street address and you will see previous advertisements for apartments for sale along with (usually) pics.

You could then approach them and ask how it went. It mightt save you some $$$ and time.

Cheers

Thank Two's Company Renovations, this is definitely something we will have to look into. We are a fairly small block and I'm not aware of anyone else doing bathroom renos. We are also on the ground floor but like you said I'm not aware of the pipe diameters etc so we'll have to find out if it's even possible to move stuff around. Thanks again for the helpful info.

Cheers