No house, just an apartment: bathrooms tiny

Hello,

I have a somewhat unusual question. We have the following problem. We found an apartment that is perfect for us: location, layout, orientation, and so on are simply perfect. However, the apartment only has 2 tiny bathrooms. Do you perhaps have something like that too? If yes, how do you plan your daily routine there? There are three of us, and we don’t need a bathtub. Therefore, we would cover the bathtub (see 3rd photo) and put a small shelf on top of it. Now the daily routine would look like this:

Showering in the 3.18 sqm bathroom 1
Doing hair, brushing teeth, makeup, and so on in the 4.58 sqm bathroom 2

The reason is that bathroom 1 is so tiny and there are no additional storage options for hair dryers, creams, and so on. Where there would be space, a towel rack was installed (red X). :(

To be honest, isn’t it kind of ridiculous to switch bathrooms while getting ready? And afterward, you still have to go to the utility room to put away the dirty laundry. Those are crazy walking distances, right? Construction is already so advanced that changes are unfortunately no longer possible. If instead of the bathtub, a shower had been installed in the 4.58 sqm bathroom 2, we would simply have used bathroom 1 (3.18 sqm) as a storage room (we don’t necessarily need a second toilet), but as it is now, it’s a bit tricky. Maybe that’s why the apartment is still available?
I’m asking because it would be a shame if it failed precisely because of THAT, since everything else is perfect, as I said. So the question is, how do others do it? How do you do it? Do you also have such small bathrooms? Everything is brand new; tearing everything out again now would be somehow not what we intended. Maybe you have ideas, tips, or tricks on how to change this?! Maybe we’re just having a blackout because of all the planning? Anyway, thank you.

Hello,

first of all, a bigger bathroom would of course be nicer.

But the thing with the 2 bathrooms would not be a problem for me.
I shower, then have breakfast, and then I go brush my teeth and shave, so I wouldn’t even notice the 2 bathrooms.
My wife takes a bath in the evening, and for her the problem would also be irrelevant.

Many people don’t collect dirty clothes in the bathroom, so I also find that argument absolutely irrelevant.

Possibly one could install a shower cabin in the bathtub, then the 2 bathrooms problem would be solved. However, your nice storage space would then disappear.

We only have a small bathroom with a bathtub. The shower is also in there. We have a shower curtain for it. A fixed wall would be too bulky for me.

Good morning, thank you very much for your answers. That's right, that's how we do it too, I also take a shower first, then have breakfast and then go back to the bathroom to finish the rest.

A shower enclosure in the bathtub would have been our idea as well, even if the storage space would then disappear there. That's how we have it now. However, it is hard for us to understand that we would then have a walk-in shower, which has always been our dream, but would not use it and still have to step into the bathtub. Maybe a luxury problem? Maybe it is our everyday routine that currently blinds us to the fact that it doesn't work? At the moment, we have a 12 sqm bathroom where the washing machine is also located and which also serves as a storage space for fresh laundry and where the dirty laundry is sorted as well. People have probably done it this way for so many years that they can't imagine anything else, and I already realize that it's actually not such a big problem.

We had two bathrooms in our previous townhouse. One was about 1 meter wide and maybe 2.5 meters long. On one end there was a shower where I always showered, since the upstairs bathroom only had a bathtub. Since I usually showered in the evening, it was no problem to go downstairs wearing only a towel, to shower, and then get dressed in the upstairs bathroom/bedroom. So switching bathrooms wouldn't really be a problem now – it's just a matter of getting used to it. The advantage is that you "leave behind" almost no personal items in the guest bathroom – you don't have to put anything away when guests are around, etc.

In the apartment building, there is only bathroom 2 for 3-5 people. Bathroom 1 is already a luxury. If the apartment fits in size, layout, and rent, take it. You will get used to the bathrooms, and the teenager doesn't block everything.