20/05/2026
I once removed a bathroom from a family home.
Which does sound a little questionable, I appreciate that.
This Belsize Park basement apartment had three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a busy family of five living in it. On paper, plenty of space. In real life, not enough of the right space.
The issue driving everyone mad was laundry. Constant washing, airers everywhere, and no proper place for it all to land.
So we turned the family bathroom into a utility room, then redesigned the remaining bathrooms so they worked much harder.
It was not the obvious decision, but it was the right one.
And this is where good design earns its keep. Not in adding more for the sake of it, but in understanding what the home actually needs.
Before you commit to a layout, ask yourself:
Is this room earning its keep?
Or are you keeping it because it is already there, because it looks good on the floor plan, or because everyone assumes more rooms must mean more value?
Sometimes the best design decision is the one that looks slightly mad until you properly interrogate the way the home needs to function.
And that is why experienced design advice can be so useful before the expensive decisions are made.
CaseyAndFox
