The house I'm redoing had two small bathrooms and a small utility room. I have pretty much gutted them. I'm thinking about combining them all into one room. What are the good and bad points of such an arrangement? It will be a house for an old couple with no kids and very few overnight visitors.

Not concerned with conventional resale value.

Define utility room.

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Has laundry, HVAC, water heater. Might end up with some work space and storage for clothes, linens, etc.

I am still tearing the place apart. Haven't put anything back together yet. It is going to take a long time.

It will probably end up with one bath. She wants a second half-bath in the plans but doesn't need it built.

I don't know if I would want to store clothes and linens in an area which may see some humidity from showering, etc.

If you're going to put the washer and dryer in the same room as the bathroom, allow for doors to conceal them from the rest of the room. Same goes with storage...allow it all to be concealed from the view of guests, and make it easily concealed in case they have clothes out and a surprise visitor shows up.

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Many bathrooms have storage for linens in them without issue from humidity...as long as it closes and an exhaust fan is in use, it will be fine.

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some jurisdictions (like mine) don't allow a gas-fired water heater in a living space such as a bathroom.
I had to build a bustle off the back of the house to contain it in order to change our utility room into a 1/2 bath with washer and dryer.

My solution was a 4 x 8 add-on attached to the house that contains the heater and softener.

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Even though you don't plan on selling, its a good idea to keep resale in mind. YOu never know what twists and turns your life may take and you might need to sell it in a few years.

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These are good points. Another that I thought of is that we could eventually have someone spending time there in the capacity of a caregiver and the design should be flexible enough to accommodate an extra person.

I like the idea of locating the water heater outside. It takes up a lot of room.

The space is about nine feet by seventeen feet.

Interior walls are so easy to move around I can change it later if I hate the results.

I like the house more and more as I work on it. Never been much of a house person.

One reason I say I am not concerned about resale is because the location and grounds will sell the place. People don't buy a place like this because of the house.