Yes keep the bath. 99% of my clients still request a separate bath.

My wife and daughter still use one. Young kids still love a bath.

I would look further into relocating the return air for ducted. Its not really central to the house anyway so could be underperforming. Probably easier to relocate it as this can open up opportunities for better bathroom layout.

Whats in the space between laundry and kitchen, looks like a wasted area that could allow a bigger laundry, linen cupboard with space for return air....

2480 x 1800 is plenty of room for the smaller bathroom. Allow 900 for shower, 900 for toilet and 900 for a vanity. Lot of layouts that you could try. Use a 720 door if need be.

2480 x 1800 for the other bathroom would be say 900 shower with a 1500 bath. Relocating return air and adjusting the door location and the walls would allow a reasonable bathroom layout and more layouts and a bigger bath. Note: door location is critical to the layout and not overly expensive to change compared to the money spent on rest of bathroom.

Thanks for your reply MB. What sort of layout would you suggest for 2nd bathroom if we removed the return air duct? I am not sure how feasible it is to move the location of the toilet.

With regard to the space between the kitchen and laundry we are planning to redesign both these rooms - considering a walk in pantry in this space. We thought we would sort out the bathrooms first before seeking advice on the redesign of this area. It is possible the return air duct could go in the current pantry cupboard which is located on kitchen wall just outside laundry. The duct would then be opposite the entrance door.

If you're on bearers and joist floor then relocating toilet isn't to bad. Slab still possible but a lot more work (money) that would still be worthwhile to get the layout right.

How wide is the WC, 900 mm? This would make the bathroom 2480 x 2700 give or take the wall thickness.

I think you should look at the redesign of all spaces at the same time then do the work in stages, otherwise you may wish you had done something different.

me me is spot on. Get your whole house plan done first. And in a reasonable level of detail. Every change you make to one part, can, and often does, affect how you interact within the building. It will be a time, money and frustration saving move.

MB , the WC is 880mm wide and we are on bearers and joists.

Thanks for your comments me me and Jan. You have both raised a good point and we have had several contractors out to provide us with some advice on our renovation. We are still unsure of the design for the kitchen area but do not believe it will impact on what we do in the 2 bathrooms which we would like to do first. However, I would certainly welcome your comments on what we could do in the kitchen and laundry areas. I will provide measurements of these rooms shortly on another page. Do you have any suggestions on the design of the bathrooms. Thank you.

It looks like there is a solid wall between the family and rumpus rooms, and you have to go into the space in front of the bathroom to move between the rooms. If this is correct, I would put a door between the 2 rooms and expand the bathroom into that space.

replacing the old fixtures with carefully chosen new fittings in the same locations would be the best option ...fresh new tiles and smaller 1500 x 750 built in "taller" bath, 900 x 900 shower and 900 vanity in the bathroom and new double? vanity and bigger shower in the ensuite will create spacious new bathrooms without any major changes and subject to accurate dimensions i would still rearrange the AC and allow for new storage areas and kitchen

Thank you so much oklouise and siriuskey for your plans and ideas. I really appreciate it. Since you have both also given some ideas on the redesign of the kitchen but without the dimensions I will now start a separate post for this including all the dimensions. I would greatly appreciate if you were both able to give me some further ideas on this. Thank you.