I was so proud of my plans for the cottage and how good they looked. Upstairs, two ensuite bedrooms; downstairs, a lounge/third bedroom and a kitchen/dining room. Simple, practical and beautiful.
Ah, but I hadn't allowed for the fact that the stairs need a great big hole on the landing. And once you've got that hole, plus two load bearing walls for the roof going right to the top, there's not much space for one bathroom, let alone two.
After much anguished re-drawing of plans on Sunday, and much pacing and measuring out on the boards of the first floor this morning and much talking to builders, I have to accept there will only be one bathroom upstairs and there won't be any ensuite.
What finally decided me? Seeing one chunky Polish builder standing in the space marked out for one of the ensuites that was supposed to be enough room for him, a shower, a toilet and a handbasin.
It wasn't going to happen!
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