Is your house on a slab or does it have a suspended floor?

Good question... I think suspended floor and the early 90s extension elsewhere in the house is on a slab.

Also we know that we have aspesros sheeting in the walls and need a management plan and permit for removal which adds to the cost. Thus trying to keep the other bits down.

Agree with you, Pottsy

I agree, depending on whether you do have another toilet. I would keep the toilet separate......... always.

This bathroom serves 3 bedrooms and there is a shower and toilet (no bath) en-suite to the 4th (master) bedroom.

Sorry also wall is not load-bearing, have checked.

Therefore you have potentially one bathroom with toilet included, to service 6 people. I would definitely keep the separate toilet.
Unless you would like to share the ensuite bathroom and toilet, with all house occupants.

If I was living in this house, I would prefer smaller shower and separate toilet over larger frameless shower with toilet in same room.

We are literally going through this process in Duffy with our AJ Jennings house. We thought of combing like you but instead we repositioning both doors to the hallway. This way the toilet space becomes big enough for a basin - actual powder room. The bathroom won’t get any bigger but will have a wet area (shower/bath) and separate vanity.

My pet hate is a separate toilet with no basin. So if that’s the choice I like your new plan better.

@Shari Fox are you happy to share a sketch or plan of what yours will look like? Currently our main bathroom door and shower door crash together when both open. Many crushed childrens fingers!

The plumber that gave us a quote suggested a wet-room - he just did one 2 doors up from us. When I'm in Canberra I'll ask to take a look.

Here is a snip of what our current door layout is at that end of the house. It's a massive gaggle of doors, or whatever a family or doors is called.

It looks like we have nearly matching houses - squished fingers and all.

What we are doing wouldn’t work at yours unfortunately. Our toilet is on the other side of the bathroom. So not impacted by bedroom 4.

We’ll end up having a wet room too. Saves space.

Prospective reno company has thrown in the idea of a wetroom with the same layout as this pic https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/ross-beach-style-bathroom-brisbane-phvw-vp~145174044 It would remove the current problem of the bathroom door & shower door crashing into each other and crushing small kiddie fingers. We don’t have as much room as this sample pic, only just enough width for a standard bath. So perhaps the door would now be whacking the kids in the back as they brush their teeth.

I’ve never had a wet room. Thoughts on functionality for families? Canberra is cold and I instantly thought “we’d lose the nice warm steaminess of an enclosed shower cubicle on a freezing morning” but what do other think?

Put a solid sliding door into the bathroom and a very small basin into the toilet room .

We are doing a wet area too. I think it will work nicely. Plus adding in heated floors. We are making the vanity quite narrow to avoid being hit with the door.

@Shari Fox looking forward to photos! We have delayed our return to the ACT but just getting our ducks in a row with asbestos plan etc.