logical idea I say - you're on the right track I reckon, depending on how far you want to go with it consider making sure the ensuite is well appointed and you have plenty of space taking over that front room/area to reconfigure into an enviable master suite - good luck with it :) PD

yep oklouise, I think it's about balancing the aspects and property value/resale is (unfortunately) often relevant to the "equation" that results in decisions to do things, but agree it should not be the sole reason to do something one way or another - I reckon in this particular case it makes sense and beneficial for both amenity improvement and in turn arguably good value investment for both the short and longterm outcomes

Thanks Paul, I do worry that the access to the dressing room and ensuite is via that one 720 wide) door near the bay window. Would have liked more of an opening into the dressing room but our budget won't stretch to making more doors or openings in internal brick walls.

if you plan to remove the existing master ensuite you may find that when repairing the walls and floors you may have an option to put another door through near the existing toilet to rearrange the access to the ens and wiw to a more convenient place and size but, before making any specific, plans you should carefully measure all the spaces including the halls and bathrooms as the plans have some inconsistencies that make it difficult to make suggestions ...are all the internal walls brick and what is the floor made out of?

All brick and timber floorboards that we plan to cover with floating floor. We were thinking of putting in a door where the toilet is in the current ensuite but then we'd have 3 entries in about 1 sq m of space.

i was assuming that the small hall would be incorporated into the ensuite and it would be so much better if you could work out a way to rearrange doors to make the most of what is a quite generous space ...why not measure all the spaces more accurately so that a more accurate plan can be suggested

I’m concerned that for bedroom 2 to get access to shower in future you would have to walk through living room. That is a poor outcome and almost loses you 2 bedrooms. This for me is far worse for resale.

I would be building a new ensuite with large shower in part of the converted room existing ensuite becomes 1 wir and a second in next to new ensuite

Bedroom 2 will have full access to master suite's bathroom facilities via the new doorway opening from the hallway. Our budget won't stretch to moving the bathroom so moving the door of the office so that the original bathroom becomes a two way ensuite is our compromise.