Demolishing the wall between the WIR and Ensuite will not make the space much bigger, but may have a negative impact on your clothes. Ensuites usually generate steam from hot showers (even with exhaust fans), and once this steam gets into your clothes you risk the potential for mould and mildew on your clothes. To me it seems like too much of a risk without much gain. If you have a partner you (or they) may prefer to keep your ablutions more private by limiting their access to their clothes in the WIR while you are on the loo. But privacy is such an individual thing with couples. I would recommend keeping the perimeter walls of the ensuite as they are, and getting a clever design that makes the most of the existing space. If your ensuite is on a slab you may be limited to the existing plumbing layout unless you want to spend big dollars in jack-hammering up the slab to relocate your waste points. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

I think you should explore the idea of getting a Pod on the deck. its like a mini granny flat / cabana with toilet and small multi purpose room. You might have the space for this. Your layout looks fine as it is, and if you have a covered pergola, a second toilet in a pod will works well there. I am a bit against adding plumbing and moving walls to your house. First its a mess. lots of putting pipes under the flooring, fixing the flooring again, also ceiling and conrice works, and you end up with smaller bed, tighter layout. Too much sacrifice and not too much to gain.

I hope you don't mind... seeing the external pics I have a totally different idea! But don't worry I don't expect you to actually use it, and it's just a rough sketch. You don't need to extend the footprint at all in my opinion. based on the picture of the front of house your drawing is a bit out... the entry stair actually sits to the left of the front door I think. so there is a little more room there, but i'm not sure if its wide enough. So maybe there is enough room to put a hallway back in and create a master suite upstairs? The front deck becomes a private retreat and I put the bath out there! It's only accessible from the master and bed 4. If you don't need that many bedrooms maybe even leave the master and bed 4 combined and have a huuuuge master area. there's still the study downstairs that could also be a spare bedroom. I thought as the front deck is so private it could be really luxurious. The old kitchen becomes the walk-through robe and ensuite. The new kitchen goes straight under the old, and the kitchenette becomes the bathroom,accessible from the pool. the downstairs kitchen is connected to the dining and living, but the posts define the areas. The kitchen can have a halfwall with a servery-style opening between the posts, and will still have that connection. I didn't draw it in on the downstairs picture, but the entry needs to be pushed a little forward and then the stairs run up from the left corner and arrive where the original entry was upstairs. The downstairs living is accessed straight from the entry at front and opens onto the front patio, under the back deck becomes the back patio. I feel like you have less new to build and retain more of the original layout. in fact the upstairs bathroom is entirely intact.

Why is there no storage under or above the vanity? I’ve read the post three times and try to refrain from posting negative comments but for an ensuite this would be a real pain to get ready in.