How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Need to paint "Millwall" on it once it's close to being dry.

It is in written in every room. They clearly lived and breathed Millwall. Here it is on a bedroom wall post stripping. He left me his 2010 flag in the shed too.

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strike through that and write "Quiteway 1 4ever"

Some witty comments about the date of the Lee Green LTN being installed...

I expect the local cops have a marker on the house due to the previous owner maybe being a member of the Bushwackers (or maybe not)

Not sealed or grouted yet but the 300kg of Limestone tiles went down yesterday. Temple Marsa 60*40 from Fired Earth. Super impressed with the technical execution. Tough job to get right when there's so many variables but they nailed it. mm perfect transition from the wonky 90yo floor to the new lowered tiled subfloor. Tiler was the tallest man I've ever met. Had to have been 6'9" easily! Some parts of the room being skim coated today.

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that transition is top notch!
apols if i’ve missed it, but what’s the plan for the units/worktop?

Kitchen cabinets are Ikea Metod in gloss white. Bench tops will be from Imperial Marble and Granite in Bellingham in something called "Cosy Carrara White". With a floor area of 4.6sqm it's such a tiny space. Had to go for a 3/4 sized dishwasher and no microwave. We've had the fridge in the lounge for the last 2 years ever since the boiler was moved inside (don't ask!). Who knows how it'll turnout as neither my partner or I are stylish or possess any ability to put ideas together stylistically.
Could be OK, could look goppingly shit. We'll see in a few days! Stainless splashback above the range to give strong late 90s vibes.
Our plasterer, Grant, generally specialises in heritage lime plaster and generally doesn't spread the pink stuff but makes an exception for us :)
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Did you consider knocking through to the next room to open the space up a bit?

Friends of ours have just redone a galley kitchen like this that leads through to a downstairs bathroom.

It was an expensive refurb and I thought they were crazy not to change the layout or extend into the side return but it's made a huge improvement as it is.

It had crossed our minds however we'd never have been able to get there cost wise without saving for about 10+ years 😂

Attached is our current bathroom/WC layout, and what we think we've landed on after lots of thought and various discussions with plumbers and bathroom fitters.

It's fitting quite a lot in to a space that isn't massive but I think a separate bath and shower is non-negotiable now.

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If you’re asking for thoughts, I’d say why not put the sink where the towel rail is? Freeing up space for a bigger shower while giving more space. Prob keep the toilet in the same place too, build out wall for concealed cistern and storage above.

I'd also go for a bigger bath than 1660 personally. Even a few more cms will make a massive difference.

Did a sketch.
I love sketching bathrooms.

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I’m of the (unpopular?) opinion that maximising floor space makes a bathroom feel luxurious.

I’d probably do something like that. Excuse the scrawl - stylus has gone walkies.

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The vanity unit we're going for might be a bit wide to fit between the shower and bath - or if it did it would be a squeeze which I think is why we went off that idea.

Also - useful information I missed off - the back wall (where you've put sink) has lower headroom which would make it harder to install a wall cabinet.

We're still thinking of retaining and refinishing the original bath, and that's the size of it. The builder we're thinking of going with was much more enthusiastic than the previous.

If we do get a different one it will be longer.

Don't put the towel rail by the loo FFS

But warm legs?

I do see your point though…

Consider how all the waste pipes will be hidden I've seen some gash toilet waste routing and awful boxing of sink/bath wastes over the years

I'll throw in a weird suggestion and say towel rail over end of bath to open up some wall. With a separate shower it shouldn't be seeing much splash.

Please get out of my bathroom.

I'll throw in a weird suggestion and say towel rail over end of bath

Have thought about this. Might be that it rules out or restricts anything that's electrically powered.

It will also be the only source of heat for the room so we're looking at quite a tall one which might rule it out from being above the bath.

So, the plasterer has been and all the areas that need to be skimmed have been skimmed.
Builder coming back tomorrow. We're three and a half weeks into a three week schedule with probably another week of works to go. Pace seems glacial now with days lost to things curing and hardening etc. Assume that the cupboard installation etc is the easy bit the should take 1-2 days max?
Rejoice at the the well plastered bulkhead. Much of what has been finished will be behind cupboards. Door frame needs some work and the reclaimed architrave attached.

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