Settle an argument- downstairs loo or not…?

We live in a bungalow with only 1 loo. Would love a second so we can shower in peace! Also DH can’t go to any of our families homes as none have a downstairs loo.

Two loos are essential in any house. Ones ok in a flat.

It's hard to believe most think a downstairs loo is unreasonable.

There's no doubt it's an asset in a house and most people would recognise that.

A definite vote for the downstairs loo here. I’ve lived in houses where there hasn’t been one and you think it’s fine. Then you move to one that does have a downstairs loo and it becomes a real need. Not only for guests, small children, but you yourself for when the time comes that you can’t make it upstairs due to ill health or aging. I personally can’t stand guests traipsing up my stairs for the loo. I do have a downstairs one too ( I get the odd person who still wanders upstairs on bigger occasions and the loo is occupied downstairs)
I think if you’ve got the opportunity to get one in, you kinda have to do it. It’s a must for a huge amount of people. I would say don’t design your house for the day you sell it…you must live in it how you want it (I’m currently considering ripping my bath out for just one big luxury shower 🤔) but I think a downstairs loo is becoming…if it isn’t already…a basic standard now in houses

Yes to boot room and yes to loo! If you can, have an external door from the boot room too, then mud and shoes don’t even make it in to the house - bliss!

Yes to loo…. Essential

Sorry can work out your vote but
2 loos is a big plus for me, wouldn’t choose to buy a house without one (or room to add)

2nd loo definitely especially if the only existing loo is upstairs and 100% if the only existing loo is in a main bathroom. It's an absolute no brainer.
Our old house only had one loo in the only upstairs bathroom. We absolutely loved the house but it was a huge pain when we had guests and then we had two kids (and when the eldest hit puberty he'd be bolted in the bathroom for ages while we hammered on the door thinking we were going to piss ourselves).
We moved house and now have 3 loos and it's great!

You won't regret it honestly.

We don't have one and didn't really think we needed one when we first moved here, but now that we have a teenager who can easily spend an hour in the shower in our only bathroom, we have very much changed our minds!

Definitely one downstairs. I guess if there was a small upstairs en-suite it wouldn't bother me too much but more than one loo is such a bonus. We haven't even viewed houses without a second loo or where one can't be very, very easily put in.

100% to a downstairs loo

If you break a leg skiing you'll need a downstairs loo for 6 weeks.

Defo yes to downstairs loo. I wouldn’t buy a property that didn’t have one.

2 loos minimum, ideally with one downstairs. Madness not to choose this if you have the option.

Essential. I wouldn’t have a house without one. You never know when you, or a visitor, might be unable to get up the stairs.

A downstairs loo wasn't one of our red lines when we were house-hunting and I am grateful on a daily basis that we got a place with one anyway. It should have been the reddest of lines. There are more moments when people when to use the bathroom/loo simultaneously than you'd think!

Definitely go for a downstairs loo as you have the room for it.
One loo means trailing upstairs every time but...
Two loos, no trek. 😉

Downstairs loo every time! Ideal when you’ve got people popping in during the day…..no need for people traipsing upstairs for the toilet. And, a bonus when you’ve got workmen in too.

When we had a second loo (shower room) put in we wondered how we had managed before.
The location depends on where you have space and plumbing

Team Loo here

Our neighbours have managed to fit a narrow boat bath - a bit like a Sitz or mini Japanese bath - into their downstairs loo space. That's my ambition. Perfect for dogs and children.

I don't have a downstairs loo & it is the one thing I would change about this house. I'd definitely get one if I had space for 3 reasons

1. Toilet training my son when he was little was harder (doable but harder).
2. You can also store coats/loo rolls/toiletries etc in there.
3. If you get older/frailer it is a godsend to have a downstairs loo.

I've had downstairs loos in most of my homes but this one I can't. There is just nowhere unless I have an extension put in. I'd love to have one again.

It is extra handy if you have elderly relatives/friends visiting, not everyone can manage stairs.

I'd definitely vote yes to a downstairs one.

We did this when we added an extension when DC were about 7. Made it so much easier having two bathrooms going through the teen stage. DH much prefers it to the upstairs one as the downstairs shower runs off the boiler and is quite powerful as opposed to the electric shower upstairs.
It made refitting the upstairs bathroom an easy job as the builders didn't have to leave a functioning toilet
It also means that in the future we could live downstairs, rather than having the hassle and cost of moving in our old age, by turning the dining room into a bedroom.

A couple of years ago I broke my leg and was using a zimmer frame rather than crutches. It meant I couldn't get upstairs and I was sleeping downstairs in the dining room. Without a downstairs toilet I would have had to use a commode. Luckily we have one downstairs.