Combining master bath and laundry room

17 years ago

Does anyone have a combined master bath and laundry? Please share pros and cons. My back can't take carrying laundry down steep basement steps any longer. I want to gut my small and ugly master bath along with teeny powder room beside it to create a new space, 9x7'6", where I will put new toilet, tiled shower with glass door, tiled floor, pedestal sink or cabinet sink if space allows, mirrors and lighting, and a stacked front load W/D behind bifold door. Hopefully will have space next to WD for a narrow wire shelf unit for laundry baskets to wait "their turn" and for supplies. I have always folded clothes on my bed, so I won't miss a folding table. I rarely need to iron, but can do that in my bedroom too. Linen closet is in hallway across from bathroom door. I have excellent basement and attic access to rework pipes, exhaust, etc. And, best of all, my husband says we should keep the basement WD and laundry sink for really nasty loads, washing the dog (in the sink!), etc. We will build a new powder room at the end of a deadend hall, and our daughter and overnight guests share her bathroom on second floor. Our house is 1952 brick. Other than noise, the usual caution about washer drainage/burst hose, etc. on the main floor of the home, are there other issues we need to consider? I know the space will be tight, but if we are efficient with space planning, is this a workable idea? There is no room elsewhere on main floor for laundry room unless we spend a lot of money to add on to the house. Thanks for your ideas and suggestions.

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wblynch
17 years ago
I don't have any suggestions but it sounds like a great idea.
arleneb
17 years ago
We're in the process of planning a new house and my laundry room will be off the master bath and dressing rooms. With just my DH and me at home now, nearly all of the laundry happens there -- other than kitchen things and occasional guests. I don't run my laundry equipment at night, so noise shouldn't be a problem. I think it sounds like a good idea!
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I think your plan has potential, depending on your priorities and the conventions in your neighbourhood (how quickly is resale an issue, what are the local expectations of a MBr, closet, MBa, etc). It looks like it's time to do a little research/thinking. Your current 5th bedroom looks like it's 10 ft deep? Do you want a 10ft deep full laundry ROOM? Or would a closet with a stacking unit be enough? Do you need a walk-in closet? If so, what kind of dimensions are you imagining? In our current reno, we've decided to forgo a walk-in for a wall of deeper-than-standard closets. If you did a run of closets 3' deep by 14' along your back wall, you would still have a 14x20 bedroom, plus what would be more than enough closet space for us. Alternatively, how big is your current bathroom, and how much bigger do you need it to be? If you're only trying to make space for a separate shower, taking over the closets that surround the back of your current bathroom might make enough room. You could then put the laundry in the 5th bedroom at the other end, backing onto the hall bathroom, and this might leave you enough room in the bedroom for your office, and let you keep the closets you have. Even a 9x10 room is likely big enough for your small office, leaving you 5 x10 for your laundry... (unless the closets are part of your 10x14 dimension?)
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Our budget right now is $30k. I am not quite sure how much that’ll get me. I have never undertaken anything like this. This will absolutely be something we take on in stages. This space is what we’d like to tackle first and is the largest. In our kitchen at some point we will replace countertops and in our other bathroom we will swap out the toilet, tub and vanity. Luckily the rest of the house is functional for us. I lack the vision and knowledge that a lot of people on here have of being able to see a functional layout in disaster zones lol. My intuition tells me all these spaces can somehow be rearranged to give us what we need. I’m completely wrong, please help. Im also completely fine and understand if it’s impossible, financially or practically to have it all. I do have a consultation with a designer scheduled for this week (so excited), and I’m praying that she’ll have time to take us on as clients but I got excited and wanted to ask the Houzz community first. Thank you !!
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eandhl
17 years ago
We are renovation an 1870 home and we are doing a stacking laundry in the MB. I love the convience; at least in theory. I am looking at stacking sets now. HE2, WP duets sports and Bosch. (love the miele but very expensive). Good luck with your project.
jamesk
17 years ago
How glamorous! Makin' whoopie to the rhythm of the washer...
dizzy8
17 years ago
I love the idea of putting the washer where you will have the shortest walk with laundry. Try to lay it out so that if guests/kids-who-grow-into-teens do their own laundry, that they either don't have to go through the master bedroom or at least they feel like they are not intruding on the bedroom by going there.
shawneeks
17 years ago
Our new house has the laundry room right next to the master cloest, with a chute from the kids bathroom above. VERY convenient.
gordonr
17 years ago
Sounds like a good idea. If we were to ever do a gut the house to the studs type renovation, I'd do the exact same thing as you. The inner core of our 2nd floor have seperate master bath/laundry room and linen closet which all share walls. None of the rooms by themselves are very large. After looking at the space you realize the walls take up a lot of physical space and create layout limitations inside each small room. One big room with access from the master bedroom and hall near the kids rooms would have worked out better.

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