To dislike ensuite bathrooms?

[UnnecessaryFennel]

Currently house-hunting and getting fed up with en-suite bathrooms being carved out of bedroom space and then being sold as some sort of plus point.

Plus, there is nothing cools my ardour like the sound of dp doing his ablutions first thing (and I'm sure he feels the same about me).

Am I alone in preferring my bedroom to be entirely separate from my bathroom? Why have they become such A Thing?

*a whole

Exactly catinboots9. Done well with an appropriate layout and enough space they can be lovely.

Most, ime, are poorly executed and wedged in to a space that's not designed for them which just leads to a rubbish poky en suite and an awkward shaped/too small bedroom

No problem with an en suite that's good. But a 75sqm 3 bed flat with a main bathroom and 2 en suites is stupid (example i saw recently). There was more floor area for bathroom than the kitchen!

Yeah, having one crammed in where there's not room doesn't make much sense, but I do love ours (definitely not crammed in, as it's the largest, nicest bathroom in the house).

What I didn't like in our house (as planned, before we had it built) was the powder room-- a large closet with a toilet and a sink. We didn't intend to "entertain" often, so it was completely unnecessary. Just another toilet to keep clean. We changed it to a large pantry. (It was located between the kitchen and utility room, so a pantry was a natural choice.) That was one of the best changes we made to our house. The extra storage space has been wonderful, and not once have I wished I had an extra toilet to clean.

Measuring rooms at the widest/longest points even when they're only those dimensions for a tiny portion of the room is super common here. A couple of local estate agents seem to have stopped and are measuring the usable area but most are still measuring in to cupboards, recesses, entry ways etc.

I love my ensuite. Bedroom is 17ft x 17ft with 3 Windows. Large built in wardrobes. Ensuite with big window and all fitted with cupboards to hide loo rolls, sanitary products etc, worktop to display lovely things and a lovely light up mirror which is perfect during the night as no fan comes on, lovely light up shower cubicle. I love it, its mine and DH's...grudgingly! Main bathroom only used by DD 17 DS 4, bath with separate light up shower cubicle, downstairs wc again with opening window. I think this is a great balance in a 4 bed home. Any more would be extreme!

shrugs

I dont like drying myself in the bathroom. I prefer to go sit on my bed and do it.

I get out the shower and go straight into my room.

I bloody LOVE our ensuite. It's a little loo/basin/shower and I don't let DH or either of the DS's in it unless it's an actual emergency. It's my only boy-free zone and is heaven.

Same. Can live with them in holiday lets but not my own home!

Not an en suite, but I’ve got a downstairs toilet that is directly off my living room (and it’s not a huge living room!) you could probably touch the sofa from the toilet and lean round to keep watching the television. It’s now used as a shoe/hoover space because I found it so disturbing and want to discourage any use!

Although I should clarify it’s a room under the stairs and does have a door, it’s not a toilet just placed in the corner of the living room

I love having an en suite shower room.

Of course it isn’t like shitting in the bedroom- there’ s a door between the rooms, plus the shower room has a window.

How do you ensuite-refusers cope with hotels? Or do you insist on hotels with shared bathrooms only?

I have IBS and would love one. Husband gets up before me in the morning anyway so no worries about passion killing and I'd love to be able to wake up and be on the loo in seconds, because the second I open my eyes I need to go and the long run down our current corridoor is not the most dignified start to my day. r

Oh and yes the worst thing I've ever used was a downstairs loo (that I was shown to when I asked and was too polite to say 'Don't you have a better one?') off the living room in my boss's house, in a cupboard under the stairs with no windows. I had to poo and I sat in there for ages just praying that any odour would disperse before I opened the door and rejoined the chit chat over coffees, thus wafting the bathroom air upon them.

YANBU I want two doors between my pillow and the loo thank you.
I stayed in a (posh?) London hotel and the en suite had a glass sliding door with a gap at the top and maybe the bottom, then there was the bed right outside.

I agree, some en-suites especially the ones in new builds are squeezed into spaces that really should be left as bedroom space. My friend has just bought a tiny 2 bed new build and both bedrooms are en-suite with an additional downstairs loo. Everything in that house is squished and small and upstairs would work so much better if there was one decent sized bathroom.

I'm not anti en-suite though and think that if the house is big enough and there is room then I don't see why not.

If you can afford a house with at least one en suite you wouldn’t be complaining.
It’s total luxury to have your own bathroom.

I’m lucky to have more bathrooms than people living in the house so can each have our own.
I have the en suite as DH has always decried en suites and says “ it’s like having a crap in your wardrobe”!!
But I have ‘ stomach problems’ and it’s been an utter godsend. And I’ve just decorated it beautifully!!

I don't mind them when they're done well - friends have one in their master bed in a Victorian era house that has sort of a step down into a small 1m square sort of landing then a door into a decent size bathroom with a bath, shower, storage, large window.
Have looked at new builds where they had them in 3 out of 4 bedrooms though and it was horrible, literally a corner of the room boxed off like a travelodge. No windows in them as they're like internal rooms so they have obnoxious extractor fans. Tiny sink and loo and shower cubicle. What's the point really.

I think the ideal for me is like an additional seperate shower room plus a downstairs loo with sink. So there's a good amount of toilets in the house but not tiny ensuites

The last few houses we’ve rented have had one and we’ve never used it, the main bathroom has always been more spacious and inviting. I love them if I’m staying at someone else’s house, no worry about who’s next in line for the shower or risk of bumping into someone half naked on the landing. But in our own it’s just another toilet and shower to clean

I got a tour of a fellow school mum’s new renovation yesterday. She proudly showed me a concept in toilet placement that should definitely start trending. She laughingly called it ‘the outhouse’.

A tiny toilet & sink room, carved out of the (very flash) laundry room, with a narrow door to the back garden. As far from any public rooms as possible. She insists that anyone in the house (3 kiddos and DH) use it anytime they need to do a poo. [There’s another proper bathroom for guests, obviously.] She says it’s brilliant and has changed her life. It can easily be aired, no visitor is ever surprised by floaties or smell, and mess is contained. Great for toilet training littlies too.

Perhaps you could look at it as the opposite to an ensuite!

It's not that long ago that most people had to go to the toilet outside.

I don't think it's a hardship to pad along the landing in the middle of the night, especially if it means nobody else hears/smells.

I love my en suite - I like the privacy, being able to get up in the night for a wee or getting up and ready in the morning without having to leave the sanctuary of my own space matters to me. I couldn’t be without it - mine isnt huge but it has a window and a fan - and my bedroom is a decent size too - I couldn’t be without it.

The horror of toilets on MN never fails to amuse me.

I have one and the only time it’s had some good use by me is when I was pregnant for night time wees, I also put makeup on in there but I’ve not worn makeup since baby was born. Other than that I don’t really like it but DP uses it occasionally