It is advantageous to have the bathroom in the flat either in the East, West, North or North - West. If there is a scarcity of space it can also be built in the South. But the bathroom in the flat must never be in the Southeast or South-West corners. Apart from the South taps in the bathroom should either be in the East, North or West. The heater should be either in the South East or West directions with the exception for the South West, North - East or North - West. The slope of the flooring of the bathroom should be either in the East, North, and North -West or North - East. It should never be in the South - East, South or South - West. The tub-bath in the bathroom should be located either in the East, West or North.

Vastu Shastra advises that it is better that toilet is not located in the bathroom. However inside a flat there be a scarcity of place it has to be fitted within the bathroom. Avoiding the North - East, East or North, it should be either in the South or West. The person using the toilet must face the East or North and avoid the South or West. The wash basin and mirror in the bathroom should can either in the East, North or West directions.