Floor plan design family bathroom 9.54 sqm - can it be better?

?huh? To get to the utility room, it’s not just one step. You first have to go through the bathroom. And if you have to go from the bathroom to the utility room 20 times, then in my opinion that’s more of a planning error, because you have something in the utility room that really belongs in the bathroom.

Why should it be a planning error to want to store things that “belong” in the bathroom in a separate room? Maybe the designation utility room is also somehow misleading here. For example, I like not having a cabinet / shelf for towels in the bathroom. I don’t like bathrooms crammed full with furniture and stuff. Our dryer is a condenser dryer; after each use I have to empty the water drawer. Then I would always have to go into the hallway, into the bathroom, empty it, cross the hallway again into the “utility room,” which I find too small for a washbasin. In the evening I undress in the bathroom, one step, laundry into the laundry hamper. Done. So I absolutely see that the two doors restrict me quite a bit in the bathroom and I do not want to categorically argue for it. Just explaining our reasons why it was planned that way. Your T-suggestion appeals to me quite a bit...

I would prefer one wide washbasin where two people can stand over two individual ones.

You see, we like it exactly the other way around

Privacy screen is basically okay – is that the only toilet in the house?

No, there are 2 more. I just simply don’t like it when the “toilet” hangs so prominently in the middle or is immediately visible. (I have a three-year-old who, by virtue of her age, just follows me everywhere. She doesn’t even stop before the potty. I know this won’t last forever. But it’s a sensitive point right now and I wish for a bit more privacy and protection forever when “doing the business,” as someone so nicely put it.)

I would not store medication in the same room as the dryer because of the temperature.

Good point. Thank you!

I think it's nice, for example, to manage in the bathroom without a cabinet / shelf for towels. I don’t like bathrooms stuffed full of furniture and stuff.

You tend to exaggerate. A cabinet or shelf for towels doesn’t mean that you stuff your bathroom with furniture and stuff. But I admit: I don’t like it either. However, there are nice solutions, such as a large dresser for everything, a pedestal for stacks of towels, or boards under or above the washbasin... above all, I personally find it uncomfortable to generally store towels in another room. The proximity to the door may be nice for that, but for me, there are too many disadvantages when multiple people use the bathroom. I also find it inconvenient to take too many steps in the bathroom itself to reach things. For that, even a connecting door wouldn’t help me. But basically, it is annoying not to get a proper furnishing because there is no continuous wall.

I just simply don’t like it when the "toilet" is so prominently hanging in the middle or immediately visible.

You’re exaggerating again. Between being walled-in and in the middle, there are other placement options, e.g. behind the door... Your little one will still follow you and probably want to get into the niche as well.

P.s. Washbasins by the window, so swap with the toilet. But the bathroom is very fragmented. The shower just stands there alone...

Why is it a planning mistake to want to store things that "belong" in the bathroom in a separate room? Maybe the term utility room is somehow misleading here. For example, I find it nice to manage without a cabinet or shelf for towels in the bathroom. I don't like bathrooms cluttered with furniture and stuff.

Ok, I find that quite unusual. If you don't like it, then fine. I wouldn't have thought that someone wouldn't like furniture in their bathroom. It's just the opposite for me. I have cabinets everywhere and rugs on the floor. But I still consider all these privacy walls to be complete nonsense. The T is already worrying. But without reason visually shrinking the room at 10 m²—that wouldn't be for me. I also don't understand all the embarrassment. Are you all together in the bathroom when someone has to use the toilet?

Our dryer is a condenser dryer, after every use I have to empty the water drawer.

My dryer can be connected to a water drain and I no longer have to empty it, maybe that could work for you too?