Utility Room vs Second Toilet

[DSMEZ]

Help! Which would you prefer? We have space in our kitchen for a small toilet (just a toilet and sink, no shower etc) OR a utlity closet where we were thinking of putting a washing machine and tumble dryer (thereby freeing up space in the kitchen for actual kitchen things). We might be selling our house in 3 years time though, and wonder if one makes a house more "saleable" than the other. I am voting for the utlity room, but my dh thinks toilet is better.

[hana]

I would go for toilet
is great for children and guests in general

[SlightlyMadSecret]

For salebility as long as your kitchen is not too small to accomodate your utilities I would have said that teh extra loo will add more value.

What sort of area do you live in? If it is a 'family' area they would want the loo. If it was more of a families left home and beyond kind of area I would go for the utility.

[Surfermum]

I'd go for utility room.

[LIZS]

toilet definitely but think there are building regs if adjacent to kitchen

[DSMEZ]

It's a family area. It's true, it's a pain taking dd to the toilet, but it would be so nice to have a place to keep all of our crap.

[yomellamoHelly]

loo'll add more value (so long as kitchen not disproportionately small to size of house)

[pansypants]

lizs u are right you need to have two doors to a toilet ,eg, you cant enter the toilet thru a door directly from the kitchen

[DSMEZ]

What if its an open plan kitchen diner, and the loo is really on the diner side? Anyone know?

[hana]

is it under the stairs? you don't need 2 doors for that - it's only if it opens directly into kitchen

[frenchleave]

"but it would be so nice to have a place to keep all of our crap"

That'll be a toilet then

[zippitippitoes]

no you don't need two doors it can open directly from the kitchen

[SoupDragon]

toilet

I have a sneaky suspiscion that the "2 doors" rule was done away with. I'm sure I saw them do one on one of those BBC programmes and made a point of saying this.

[charmkin]

loo

[DSMEZ]

haha FrenchLeave

[Surfermum]

My vote for utility room is based on my preference, not saleability.

[DSMEZ]

Seriously though, where does everyone put their stuff like ironing boards, hoovers, mops, brooms etc?

[hana]

we have a cleaning cupboard in the kitchen, full height - looks like a larder but isnt'

[DSMEZ]

I'm with you surfermum, but it looks like we've been out voted. Personally, having a place to store our junk outweighs the pain of taking dd to the toilet.

[SoupDragon]

Cupboard. Used to use the understairs cupboard in our old house.

[SlightlyMadSecret]

My SIL keeps here ironing board and hoover in the downstairs loo - so no probs there.

[MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo]

You used to have to have 2 doors between kitchen and toilet but not any more.

my years of watching "homes under the hammer" have paid off

[pansypants]

ooo re: rules, really margo i feel a sledge hammer moment coming on hurrah

[MintChocChippyMinton]

I'd say second loo, lots of people look for that when househunting.

[MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo]

Oh and we made our "utility room" into a bathroom and our bathroom into a 3rd bedroom. Our house sold in 4 days