Townhouse reconfiguration

I've just bought a townhouse to live in and looking at how to reconfigure it. At the moment it's got one bathroom servicing 3/4 bedrooms. Ideally on the second floor I want to add an ensuite to the main bedroom, trying to make it all fit in! At the moment the bathroom on the 2nd floor and toilet/laundry need to be completely redone. Want to do the kitchen as well.

On the bottom, would love to open it up to make it flow better, but there's a stair case that splits the dining/kitchen from the living area. Thinking of moving the toilet to under the stairs, potentially moving the laundry downstairs into the garage and then cutting the wall that runs along the back of the stairs to open it up. Would redo the kitchen and add in an island bench.

Can anyone think of a better reconfiguration that isn't going to be too costly to complete? Floor plan attached.

 

Floor plan with bathroom dimensions.

 

What suburb is this townhouse in? It's very odd to have 3/4 bedrooms with only 1 bathroom and 1 carspace!

Unless there is a market demand for 4 bedrooms then I would consider converting Bed 3 into a bathroom (you could move the wall it shares with Bed 2 and install built ins to that room). I'd then convert the only bathroom into an ensuite for Bed 1 and use some of the hallway space and add in a luxurious WIR.

The downstairs space is definitely crying out for a reconfigure but I think you're really limited here. Unless you want to relocate the stairs (EXPENSIVE!!!) and reconfigure the kitchen, laundry and WC I think you may have to live with it.

How old is the property?

vtt

 

It's in Beaconsfield, definetly think it's strange only having 1 bathroom. Built late 80s.

Would consider cutting a bed, but that would be last resort... But thanks for the idea!

Also it's a place to live for the next 5 years at least.

 

You could also cut into the space you have in Bed 1 to add in a small ensuite, though this would make the bedroom smaller. You may also want to make the current bathroom a bit bigger, a 4 bed townhouse is definitely for a family of at least 5 people and the bathroom is teeny tiny!

Another option could be to make Bed 4 into the master suite and put an ensuite in there and extend the bathroom next to Bed 1 to make it more spacious.

Do any of the bedrooms have BIR? This property looks like it is crying out for storage too.

As for downstairs well you can get rid of the laundry and put that in the carspace but this is not ideal if you ask me, you have to take all the washing down from the bedrooms - 2 or 3 flights of stairs, then up one flight to hang it on the line, and up another flight, or two to put it away again. I'm no efficiency specialist but that is very inefficient. It would drive me nuts.

Keeping the WC downstairs is a no brainer, it's just where do you put it?

Good luck!
vtt

 

Thanks Vtt.

No built ins - def need to create storage. Agree that we need a wc downstairs, it's just in an awkward spot arm!

Went to domayne yesterday to get some ideas for bathrooms, they quotes 20k for a 2.5 by 1.5m ensuite!

 

If you are willing to lose the shower, you can create an ensuite without shrinking bed 1.

Not sure about dimensions, so you'll need to verify this. Toilets in that design, but it would need to be 1.3 x 2m minimum to work.

 

Thanks, was thinking something like this. Would you need to cut the shower? In your plan looks like you're moving the toilet, is that just to create room for door? Would it be possible to move shower to the corner where the door currently opens?

Am going back tomorrow to take detailed measurements, want to know exactly how much too there is between bathroom and bedroom 1 door.

 

i didn't realise there was a toiliet there... i thought for whatever reason they never installed on upstairs because you drew it in...

In that case, it would be a removal of the shower to make way for a door.
I would just put a shower over bath for that room.

 

Yeah it's weird that it wasn't included on the floor plan...

Is there room for a shower in the corner where the currently opens into? Was wanting to try and avoid a bath shower combo. Is there a way to make it look good and not like a hotel?

 

Thanks for drawing them up!

Think I like the second alternative, seems to open the kitchen dining up a bit more. With the second alternative, are you thinking door to laundry under the stairs from the living area? Or through the kitchen?

Yep, bottom level is on a slab.

 

Updated measurements

 

Heres what I would do at first glance. Create ensuite with shower and main bath with shower over bath. And bit of a kitchen rejig if thats on the cards to replace.

 

Would you be able to put the door on the downstairs toilet on the opposite wall and block off the current doorway. Then pull out the laundry room and extend the kitchen to under the stairs and then work the laundry into a cupboard against the toilet wall?

 

Can the laundry be moved into the garage