Should I delete shower section and reduce bathroom size
I’m after some rearrangement ideas for this bathroom on a granny flat I’m building. Ideally wanting to delete the step out where the shower is currently drawn as feel it creates too much ‘dead’ hallway space. Need to keep external door but happy to relocate bathroom entry door and change it to a cavity slider if it works better.
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The combined bathroom/laundry is smartly positioned in the centre of the plan, keeping wet areas grouped and freeing up the bedroom wing nicely.
That shower bump-out is worth reconsidering — you're right that it's creating dead corridor space between the bedrooms and the bathroom entry. If you pull the shower back flush with the main bathroom wall, you straighten that hallway run and recover usable floor area without losing the shower itself.
Here's what I'd suggest: rotate the shower to run along the *top wall* (north wall, shared with the exterior) — this keeps it internal, avoids any external wall waterproofing complications, and lets the bathroom footprint sit as a clean rectangle. Swapping the entry door to a cavity slider into the hallway wall would work well here, especially since you're gaining back corridor width — it'll feel much less tight.
Keep the external door where it is (likely for laundry access or compliance), just reposition the bathroom door as you've described. With the shower relocated and the step-out removed, you could also tighten the overall bathroom depth slightly if the build budget needs it — every 50–100mm saved there adds breathing room to the hallway.