Alright let's see if we can put this to bed. There's nothing at all wrong or amateurish with your home. Agree seeing photo it's arguably too much of a compromise nor cost effective to move/change the window considering outcomes. The solution here will come in the fit-out and how to balance that as best as possible within the constraints set. You can do it with a 1500 size bath option, 900x1200 shower. and it's essentially a tweak/fine-tune from the idea you had originally. (I shouldn't really do this but here you go/I'm feeling generous today ;) ) You run a ledge all the way around the back and end walls. Mirrored cabinets all along the end above the basin. This will feel massive and luxurious with the ledges/more dimension & interest. But you'd need a concealed in wall cistern. Any privacy concerns (in bathrooms) can be managed by combination blinds/furnishings - arguably much more flexible (and cheaper in this situation) than changing glazing to frosted glass. And then you still retain an outlook/light to your ensuite during the day etc... Good luck & Merry Christmas :) PD

If you are at the design stage of a new house and you really want a double shower then make the bathroom bigger so it works properly. It will cost extra but if it is a priority then your designer should know about it and give it the priority it deserves. Your current shower design is one of those awkward, angled showers, which are never big enough for an adult. I would give up on the double shower idea in the current ensuite space, unless you can steal some space from an adjacent room, or make your house bigger. Sliding doors aren't great for ensuites as they don't stop noise or light as they have an air gap around the edge when closed - so they are actually pretty useless. If it is a recessed cavity slider then they can be susceptible to moisture damage from steam and start to warp and stick. They also limit the plumbing and electrical fittings for that wall. Small bathrooms are the hardest to design to get right. You have to consider things like circulation space, how cupboards and drawers open, where the towel rails are, where your legs fit when using the loo and where is the toilet roll holder? All of your plans have potential for conflict, so while each of your plans show a double shower, a toliet and a vanity, the space between these elements is too tight to use comfortably. If you can't (or won't) make the ensuite bigger I would keep the existing layout but change the shower to a square, corner opening shower. Best of luck with your considerations, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

Kate: - I like the idea of a door at both ends of the new central bedroom doorway - maybe some kind of thin sliding door or a foldable shutter door might be best? - house can’t be knocked down/rebuilt due to location in a heritage conservation area OkLouise: - thanks again for doing this - I’ve loved all of your updates, they are so well thought out and hope to incorporate them all into the build - will send you a token of appreciation when the build is finished! - we have already been thinking about whether to rotate the kitchen island 90 degrees as you have drawn - i think it might look weird? but i’m not sure - theres a lot for us to process with your new updates so we'll need to spend some time thinking about them! - i’m resistant to reducing the size of study 2 as that’s the most important room for me as i will spend a lot of time there and it is doubling as a work productivity office/man cave so really want that room to be fantastic! - i thought the laundry chute was above the laundry but will need to ask the architect Siriuskey - I also think there may be too many bathrooms in the house - due to the good location of the property i think it is hard (within reason) to overcapitalise on the property so believe it will grow well in value in the long run so would rather overdo it than underdo it - FWIW the other houses in the street/adjacent streets are kind of similar to our proposed plan so its not out of keeping with the area - am still wondering about combining the downstairs powder room/adjacent en suite into one big bathroom for a bath - variable number of family members staying but 4 to 11 over 3 generations at various times of the year - the plan for the mudroom is for it to be the entrance into the house that we use most so it can also act as a cloak room too so that’s why its not near the laundry - i don’t want a lift in the house as it seems unnecessary for our needs and fi we ever ended up in a situation where we needed a lift we would just sell and downsize Dreamer: - i think we (parents) might end up living downstairs when the kids get older/noisier - they are in primary school currently Pleased to Bijou design - point taken about number of bathrooms - i don’t really have a good answer Paul Di Stafano & Dr Retro - i can sense and empathise with your professional frustrations :) - thanks for the good luck wishes, I agree we’ll need it - fortunately I’m a lifelong/relentless optimist and things always seem to work out ok in the end (and if they don’t, I’ll take it as a positive learning experience) - thanks for the insights into dodgy busy practice business models mummagabz - thanks for comment about small robes - will look into making them larger

@oklouise im sending you the entire front of the house. its a new build, just not sure of how to remodel this master suite to incorporate a bigger shower. I can reduce the vanity to 1m and use the space between the vanity and the vanity wall to hang the shower rail. just like in this display home. this master suite is open and has no doors. it also doesnot have any hand towel hook. Im also showing you another angle of the master suite of the display home where the shower is. Perhaps they could have installed a hand towel hook on the wall as you enter the shower. My master is 3.8X3.5 (depends which way you look at it. WIR is 1.380X2.280. See what you can do. I think I have $5000 to remodel this ensuite so that i can have a bigger shower. i can reduce vanity to 1m to accomodate a towel rail. I can also mount the towel rail high up inside the shower as it is 1.750X0.9m. the shower will have a double rail shower head, without compromising the width of the vanity. would love storage as well with that 1.270m wide vanity. Thank you.