Hi Houzzers,

I am having some challenges with my basement layout. The basement will serve as an apartment for mother-in-law and will also have a gym and laundry room that everyone will use. We want it to feel open (but give her privacy so that she doesn’t need to see us if we are down there working out or doing laundry).

The problems I have with the plan deal with the bathroom laundry area.

I want the bathroom to be accessible without needing to go through the bedroom. Some things to note, our sewer is in the back of the house (where the bathroom is shown on the current plan), and the plumbing for laundry/bath is in that area as well.

How would you reconfigure this layout so that the bathroom is in a better spot, but we still have access to snake the sewer if needed?

Thanks for your help.