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To think that five lavatories in an ordinary suburban semi

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beanlet · 02/07/2011 20:59

is fucking ridiculous?

House hunting at the moment. What is it with the modern obsession with putting multiple bathrooms and lavatories in small to average houses? I can see the point of an additional downstairs loo, but why carve an en suite out of a small master bedroom when you only have three small upstairs bedrooms?

I just don't get it.

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beanlet · 02/07/2011 23:11

Have to say windowless bathrooms put me right off - I rented a flat with a windowless bathroom and it had virtually unsolveable mildew/damp problems. I wouldn't do it myself.

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PelvicFloorOfSteel · 02/07/2011 23:13

We have a family bathroom and an ensuite. The ensuite is off the loft conversion bedroom and without it you'd have to traipse down the stairs to go to the loo in the night so it is useful.
I'd love to have a loo on the ground floor as well so visitors didn't have a reason to go upstairs and closer for toddler toilet emergencies. 5 toilets is absolutely mental though!

blackeyedsusan · 02/07/2011 23:13

we have just the one bathroom. toddlers use the potty.

Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 02/07/2011 23:20

princess we have a windowless shower/sink/toilet on the ground floor of our house, it's mainly a guest bathroom as there is a living room down there with sofa bed. It's fine and great for guest privacy. Also as it's a shower how long do you spend in there? 20 mins max? My suggestion would be completely tile it to avoid flakey peeling paint and get a really strong top notch extractor fan that comes on with the light and stays for a spell longer when you turn off the switch.

Most hotel bathrooms aren't windowed and that's rarely a problem is it?

asecretlemonadedrinker · 02/07/2011 23:22

How many people need a shit at once?? And what is 2.5 bedrooms? I always see that and cannot work out what it means apart from a box room.

Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 · 02/07/2011 23:25

Perhaps the house with all the bathrooms was built for a specific family need?

My mate is Indian and has lots of Aunties staying for long spells due to the distance from Mumbai. They had extra bathrooms built as the house is never empty of visitors and everyone needed bathroom time in the mornings/ evenings which disrupted her family routine a bit. So two guest bathrooms, a family bathroom and an ensuite in a 5 bed house is what they ended up with and as she worked out is better value than the family paying to stay in hotels.

oreocrumbs · 02/07/2011 23:26

Having just spent my sat night cleaning three toilets I miss my last house with just the one! Couldn't be doing with five there would be no time fot MN.

Our family bath has no window and we don't have any problems, but we use the shower in the ensuite so we don't generate too much steam in there. It didn't put us off buying.

MoreBeta · 03/07/2011 09:22

aasecretlemondadedrinker - you are right. A 2.5 bed house is a house with 2 beds and a box room.

Four bathrooms dont take that long to clean as long as you do it every week.

allhailtheaubergine · 03/07/2011 09:29

I have 7 bathrooms.

kaid100 · 03/07/2011 09:42

When we were looking for houses we found one like this. The owners had teenage sons who would spend hours in the bathroom and constantly argue about it, so to keep the peace they installed more.

marriedinwhite · 03/07/2011 09:43

When we bought our house in the early 90's it had been refurbished and had a shower room in the loft extension, a family bathroom and an en-suite in the master bedroom and a loo in the utility room downstairs. At the time we giggled about the number of facilities. Over the years upstairs has been great (au-pairs), the kids use the family bathroom with lots of cheapo shampoo which they get through litres of quickly and I wouldn't be without the en-suite, especially in the mornings when four of us need it at around the same time. I know too, that when we come to sell we will be advised to put in a proper downstairs loo rather than the utility room one and to take a slice off ds's room so there is another en-suite for the second best room. We just have a large terrace but we are in SW London and lots of bathrooms seem to be what people want.

Riveninside · 03/07/2011 09:51

We moved from a house with one loo (in the bathroom and kids all needed a crao when i was in the bath) to an american house with 5 loos. Thats one each. But naturally everyone wanted ro use the same one....
This house has loo and shkwer room uostairs, loo and bathroom (adapted for dd. It will be a wet room soon) downstairs

whomovedmychocolate · 03/07/2011 09:56

Ha - we looked round one the other day with 8 bedrooms and ten loos!

But they were a vegan family, perhaps they poo more?

We didn't buy it. I think we need three bathrooms because DH is a bog dweller, DD is a frequent pee-er and DS seems to need his nappy changing every 12 minutes.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 03/07/2011 09:59

all hail so did I. Strangely though, the villa had only four bedrooms.
second boast I didn't even have to clean them, we had help.
third boast I kept two kittens secret from DH for two weeks in one.

ragged · 03/07/2011 10:03

We viewed a house that had 3 en-suites plus a downstairs loo; my MIL summed it up well "All that cleaning!"

I loathe en suite toilets, too .

Catslikehats · 03/07/2011 10:09

We also have seven bathrooms. But no shed.

The lawnmower is kept in one of them

ragged · 03/07/2011 10:10

Lawnmower Kept in one of the loos?

Love our double garage sheds. :)

herbietea · 03/07/2011 10:11

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lachesis · 03/07/2011 10:14

I'm so sick of having only one bloody bathroom.

allhailtheaubergine · 03/07/2011 10:30

Lol @ keeping kittens secret in a bathroom.

Catslikehats · 03/07/2011 10:40

Yep! Garage full of cars and bikes and assorted crap. Downstairs bathroom 2 is nearer to the grassed area and who needs two downstairs bathrooms so win win

We don't live in the UK BTW before you assume I am totally mad.

GothAnneGeddes · 03/07/2011 10:43

I am shuddering at the thought of cleaning 5 loos.

There are 3 of us. We have a downstairs family bathroom (which many hate, but I love) and an upstairs loo. That is plenty. Could not ever be bothered having an en suite.

QuietTiger · 03/07/2011 11:25

Kreecher - am well impressed by your secret kitten claim!!

::Wanders off and wonders whether I can hide kittens in our upstairs bathroom::

kreecherlivesupstairs · 03/07/2011 12:03

You have to live in a relatively small place with a DH who has a favourite shower and cross your fingers that he doesn't notice the rank whiff of kitty litter.
TBH, I only told him as I was pregnant and scared of toxoplasmosis.

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