Shower directly at the window - compatible or incompatible?

I was already worried about posting this here because it is a passionless standard.

As unfamiliar as the approach is to me - consider the answers as support so that you don’t build a house that creates suffering. Topic windows: Lack of natural light costs living quality – therefore plan with windows on the side. We lived for 18 years in a terraced mid-terrace house and clearly felt the lack of light, especially in the living area, in the kitchen, and at the centrally located dining table. In the bedroom, I would swap the bed and wardrobe and put a window strip above the bed. Also, grant the one children's room a bit more light from the side. The window in the dining area can be made somewhat larger or simply install a patio door. Topic shower: I can’t judge how important a second shower is for the daily routine. I find the positioning unfortunate. I would rather stuff an infrared sauna in there… or position the walls differently if they are not load-bearing. Improve the lighting situation as mentioned above. However, the bathroom remains a potential bottleneck. Here I would enlarge the T-shaped area somewhat to enable a second washbasin as already suggested. The separation between shower and toilet does not necessarily have to be in the middle – I consider it sensible to take some space from the toilet and give it to the shower.

Please post your project in the appropriate subforum with all details! Otherwise, every page will ask about the attic or basement, and in the end, there is hardly any optimum in the floor plan.

Please post your project in the appropriate subforum with all details!

All right, will do! :)

As foreign as the approach is to me - consider the answers as support so that you don't build a house that creates suffering.

I just have to clarify that. :)

My statement that it is a passionless standard was not meant to imply that I accept it as such. It was more of a kind of defensive stance because semi-detached houses with GU floor plans have been commented on quite negatively in the past. :) :D

The fact is, however, that I spent endless hours in front of this floor plan and "optimized" it with my existing skills.

Lack of natural light costs living quality

The lighting issue is a factor I hadn't considered until now. Thanks! :)

I don't think your plans are bad and I've seen the bathroom like that in about 10 other current semi-detached and single-family houses, so it can't be that bad.

I once saw this T-solution in the prefab house exhibition in Wuppertal and, back when I wasn't yet familiar with houses, I found it revolutionary. :D

I just have to clarify that.

success. By the way, we also have a kind of T-solution in the bathroom and think it's great. We considered it during construction and finalized it with chalk on the screed together with the plumber, the electrician, the carpenter, and the tiler.

I have a walk-in shower in a condominium right in front of a window. The bathroom is very narrow and instead of a bathtub, it should have a shower. So the only option was to place the glass wall in front of the window with the entrance from the side. The shower is wide enough to fully open the window.

The only disadvantage I noticed was that the window hinges had slight corrosion and the seals had to be cleaned more regularly.