Family of 5 one bathroom

family of 7, 1 bathroom, nobody baths at busy times everyone gets showers on week nights. Baths at weekends for those who enjoy them. That cuts down on congestion significantly.

We are 5. Me DH and 3 girls (currently 16x2 and 20)
we managed with 1 full bathroom and a downstairs loo. Scheduling and planning is your friend. It did help that DH goes to work early and is in and out quickly. 😀

Are you sure you can't manage anything like a small extension on the back for a shower and toilet?

Also one positive is less cleaning. One of my friends has five toilets and she says it’s never ending!

Family of 4 with one bathroom- my boys brush their teeth together on a school morning after we already have. We have put up shelves on the walls for extra storage, and the boys will have a quick shower before school each evening then I’ll shower in the morning so there is no clash. If someone needs the toilet whilst someone is in the shower/bath they can go it’s no biggie

We have more people than you in my house and we manage fine with 1 upstairs bathroom and 1 downstairs WC.

Can the younger kids wash their faces and brush their in the downstairs loo in the morning? If you aren’t already bath shower the younger 2 at night and the oldest can wash in the mornings.

Can you go up into the loft?

OP no one is saying you’re wrong, we’re just pointing out that it doesn’t need to be a big concern. I was attempting to reassure you that it works for us. I’d have another bathroom if I could but fininaces won’t allow so we just get on with it for now.

There’s me, dh, 23 year old ds, 18 year old, 11 year old and 5 years old.

4 bed house, one bathroom, one downstairs loo.

We’ve never had an issue.

OP you asked for advice. Were
you hoping for everyone to tell you to move so you could justify it in your mind? If so then you have your answer.
we only have one child and one bathroom and a downstairs toilet. We also have toothbrushes in the downstairs toilet and DS mainly uses that for washing his face and tooth brushing. I think it also depends on if you’re a family where everyone likes to shower before work? We tend to shower in the evenings/ during the day so it’s only DS who showers in the morning rush.

I think you’ve got another 10 years before this becomes problematic ( if indeed it does) ie until your five year old gets to 15.

In addition, teenagers often have evening showers ( as they like a lie in in the morning), so if you and your husband shower in the morning, this shouldn’t be more of an issue than it is now.

I agree a separate loo somewhere would be useful.

We had this - three kids with a four year age gap. They were 2, 5 and 10 when we moved and we coped with one bathroom and one loo. Not ideal but manageable .

Lots of people in your situation have the kids brush their teeth in the kitchen, rather than the bathroom. I have teens and only one bathroom and some of them will shower before bed rather than the morning. They don't need the bathroom in the morning if they do that, the can use the downstairs toilet and brush teeth etc downstairs.

Just a thought…do others houses on the street have a similar shape? Might be worth trawling the sold section on Rightmove and looking at old floorplans to see what other folks have done with similar space?

So do you mean you have one bathroom and two toilets? I can’t see an issue then, that is pretty normal for a 3/4 bed in the uk (assuming you’re uk). If you can create another, great - if you can’t, people just have to share, that’s life!

edited cause my phone autocorrected uk to us!!

I’m the youngest of 5 (so 7 people in the house growing up), we had one bathroom, and managed just fine.

Do you mean one bathroom as in family bathroom yet you have a toilet and sink downstairs? If not I’m extremely surprised that a four bedroom house was built with just one bathroom!

If you have the downstairs toilet have toothbrushes for the younger two set up down there and that’s where they can use the toilet and brush teeth so the eldest can have the upstairs.

As for the adults I would have them getting up before they know kids are awake and using the bathroom then or making sure they’re showering etc whilst kids are eating breakfast.

You just need to have everyone clear on who’s doing what when.

Is there no scope for a small extension on the back of the house for a small shower room? Or an En suite in one of the bedrooms? We literally turned a storage closet into a bathroom with a shower, sink and toilet.

theres four of us (DH, me and two teenagers) and currently one bathroom with shower/toilet. Our previous houses have all had two toilets, this is the first one with only one (we bought after renting so was necessary to downsize slightly). Occasionally annoying when you need the loo and someone is showering but generally no issues. We all seem to operate on slightly different schedules so there’s rarely a problem. The key is a bit of communication (does anyone need the loo, I’m just heading in for a shower) and not taking ages when in there. Works fine for us.

I grew up with 5 and 1 bathroom then lived in the same house as an adult with 5 and 1 bathroom.
All inclusive can say is now we are a family of 3 with 2 bathrooms and id never go back!

Do you have a separate toilet?
Growing up there were a lot more of us than you have but we had two separate toilets and wash basins in all bedrooms.
If you only have one loo inside the bathroom this could be tricky as they grow up.

Are you sure you can’t fit another tiny shower room (or just a toilet) in?
Has anyone else in the street with the same house managed it? Under stairs cupboard perhaps?

I grew up in family of 7 with one bathroom and a downstairs loo with a tiny hand basin. I don’t recall it being a major issue, we all had to compromise and plan ahead, no one got to sit on the toilet for 20m, honestly it was no big deal.

Sometimes might not have been able to have a shower in morning so did it at night etc. Showers were quick and functional , no putting on hair/face treatments and waiting 15m for them to work. If anyone wanted a bath they’d check with others first and not take it for too long.

it was just normal, what we knew and grew up with and mum/dad made sure no one messed around and was considerate.