Wow, you must have a big bathroom to fit all of that luxe stuff in! Most 1950s houses have very compact bathrooms with tiny showers, minimal vanity and small baths. A double vanity, a walk-in-shower and a free-standing bath all take up a lot more room than what is normally allowed for in a 1950's bathroom so I hope you have it carefully planned. These items often look luxe as they are in bigger bathrooms and the space around them actually contributes to the luxe look. Trying to squeeze these items into a small room doesn't look luxe, it just looks try-hard.

Make sure you allow enough room behind your freestanding bath to swing a mop for cleaning, and that your towel rails are more than 1800mm from your shower rose, unless your new buyer likes soggy towels!

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1500mm is adequate for a double vanity, but it depends on the size of each bowl. A pair of smaller bowls will give the illusion of more benchspace. An 1800mm vanity has a better proportion if you have the space.

The smallest I have seen is a 1030mm wide one from Ikea, with little benchspace, but I reckon it would feel too crowded with two average sized people using at the same time, so hardly worth while. I know some of my clients prefer to have a single vanity with more benchspace.

https://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/S69185850/

Best of luck with your flip,

Dr Retro

of Dr Retro House Calls

Since your intention is to flip, I wanted to say I agree with Dr Retro regards this "Make sure you allow enough room behind your freestanding bath to swing a mop for cleaning, and that your towel rails are more than 1800mm from your shower rose, unless your new buyer likes soggy towels!" I've seen too many beautiful showroom-style bathrooms that don't look comfortable and practical to use, and cleaning and where to put towels are two things that always get my attention. Then again, a lot of people must be buying based on the superficial appearance?

Yes you are correct in saying bathroom space in the era of our house is typically quite small and the original space in our place is certainly that. However I should have mentioned we are extending the size of the bathroom to allow for all inclusions.

Hi Chris,

If we understand your question correctly, you want to know how big you can go with your basins for your double vanity?

A 1500 double vanity is a good size and there is enough bench space and storage to service a larger bathroom.

If you’re flipping your home, you’re more likely to appeal to more people with a bigger vanity such as the 1500, they seem to be our most popular size. We have a large range 1500 vanities (you can find here) that can be customised to add bowls to suit your desired vanity-basin ratio. It all comes down to personal preference though! But if you want to keep it appealing to the majority of buyers, keep 400-500mm for each bowl depending on the shape. You’ll find that some bowls can also offer more bench space if they have a narrow base/bottom, too. Keep in mind that if you’re including accessories like mirrors or mirror cabinets, that tapware height or where you place your tapware in relation to your basins can also impact your design.

In regards to your freestanding bath mention, if you find you can’t have it as a completely stand alone tub, we offer a great range of back-to-wall freestanding baths which are very popular (you can find here) that solves the cleaning issues if you didn’t have enough space to move around it

Thank you for the advice. We have planned on bench top basins and the tapware coming out from the wall below the mirror. The sizes you have mentioned were helpful and much appreciated.