Planning main bathroom with pre-wall installation

Hihi, ok, it almost looks like it was meant to be that way. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to something like that. When I look at it closely now, it was quite a faux pas after all. I don’t know if I would let that slide again with the knowledge I have today. Well, guest bathroom...

What would bother me here more is the asymmetry with the mirror.

Yes, of course you can also take it with humor. But it’s still a shame for a new build that it looks like that. I knew all along that there would be a false wall, but I trusted the planners blindly or didn’t deal with it further, now I’m annoyed with myself. I’ll have to live with it for the next years.

No, you did NOT trust blindly. You intervened in the house planning. A general contractor or builder eventually switches to “that’s the homeowner’s responsibility.” And as a homeowner you have to communicate that while you want to move walls, you still have to refrain from the technical side due to lack of knowledge.

I would be more bothered here by the asymmetry with the mirror.

No, you did NOT trust blindly.
You interfered in the house planning.
A general contractor or builder eventually switches to "the client will do that".
And as a client, you then have to communicate that although you want to move walls, you have to distance yourself from the technology due to lack of knowledge.

Yes, in this case I would also have liked to get involved if I had known the boxed ceiling would be so big.
I had already come to terms with the small boxed ceiling and found good solutions there with flush-mounted elements etc.
In any case, everything somehow went badly.

Well Chris, believe me, it's not that bad. Sure, you’re annoyed now, but in half a year you’ll never think about it again in your whole life.

I’m still with the shelf version from the carpenter. But I don’t see a heart attack looming with the other variants either.

Well Chris, believe me, it's not that bad. Sure, you're annoyed now, but in half a year you'll probably never think about it again in your whole life. I'm still with the shelf version from the carpenter. But I don't see a heart attack looming with the other variants either.

Thank you, that's probably how it will be. Maybe from time to time I will nostalgically think about the space given away and what I couldn't realize, but everything fits, so whatever. Just a bit more squeezed together. I think with the casing I have to come up with something nice, a few built-in shelves in addition to the flush-mounted modules, which will loosen up the massive cladding a bit.

I am still sticking with the shelf version from the carpenter. But I don't see a heart attack looming with the other variants either.

You mentioned the cabinet from the carpenter, is it then completely made of wood or how should I imagine it? Do you have a photo (possibly also via PM, as you prefer)? Since the pipes have to be boxed in anyway, I would simply have asked the drywallers to make built-in shelves there, or I also wanted flush-mounted modules further down right next to the toilet. Of course, it has to be well planned in advance. Do you maybe know a good tool for that? I also really like the idea with the LED spots as you have them in the guest WC and could imagine that on the other side as well. Possibly also additionally LED strips or something similar on the vertical side for indirect lighting, which can also be well integrated into drywall.

P.S. Would one possibly be even more flexible with the cabinet made by the carpenter, since it doesn't require profiles etc. that might take up a lot of space? I can't quite imagine it yet. Actually, I wanted to paint this "cabinet" on the outside normally and it shouldn't be wood... the inner compartments, of course, gladly.