To request people don’t use my toilet at house viewings?

[Diamondeye]

Just that really ...

As obviously it has been used today and it’s grossed me out.

maybe they lifted the lid to see if loo/rim/under seat was clean

but even if it wasn't would you really not buy the house if it was otherwise "the one". You can get a loo cleaned or replace the seat or even the whole thing.

Could have been a child? Id be OCD worrying about poo particles if someone hadn’t washed their hands but hey that’s just me

Ffs -you want to sell your house but you’d really rather nobody came in! If they need the loo, they need the loo. So long as they left it clean - why is that gross? Have you never used a toilet in a restaurant? Cinema? Pub? Other people use them you know!

Why do you have a new kitchen and bathroom every time you move? It's incredibly wasteful and a really irresponsible use of resources.

People did this all the time when they viewed our house. We felt we couldn't really say no, and we also suspected they were testing out the plumbing, which was fine by us. I hated showing people round the house as it was a wrench selling it but the toilet thing was the last of my worries and I always gave it a good clean afterwards! Just put on those rubber gloves if it grosses you out, and try and put up with it - they'll be forking out hopefully for your house soon.

It might have been the estate agent you know?

My dad is disabled. I have told him that despite the pain of trying to hold on and the embarrassment of wetting himself, he must never use another person's toilet without written permission 5 days in advance.

Ahhh - let them use the loo. Do you want to sell the house ?

'Sorry it went all over the walls and ceiling but when you told me to sit down in that really firm voice and I realized you were thinking about my willy it got a bit excited and..."

I love posts like this - do you, or don't you want to sell the house? It's like people who won't let workmen (or women) in the toilet. Would you prefer if they shat in your garden?

Seriously?

I had a woman and her two kids come round to collect some paving bricks we were giving away. All 3 of them came into the house and washed their hands! The horror!

They all stand to wee, I've never know an adult male to sit down and wee.

Dh sits down to wee.

Ds, who is seven, chooses to too. I wondered if he would be influenced by friends and school and switch to standing, but no. He clearly prefers to sit, and clearly hasn’t been teased about it by anyone.

They’re selling your house and THEY pay Someone to clean it after a viewing??. Jeez people are so delicate

During our long house search we were an hour away from our house, had two kids and running ragged between viewings. I wouldn’t like but I suspect, like me, they didn’t really want to use it either! It is necessary. Get some gloves, antibacterial spray and a small sticker that says toilet down!!!

she is still shuddering now.

We bought a house, and after moving in discovered that the downstairs loo leaked so much - from the bowl, at the base - that we had to replace it. It was very old and repair would have cost more.

Believe me, we use every loo, and flush before s l o w l y washing hands when viewing now. It was an expensive oversight.

They should have used one of these instead in the street outside and used your bins for disposal
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This is ridiculous, you are selling your home, what's the issue? Also, if you don't like people's opinions who disagree then don't post on a public forum

Oh for fucks sake, people think it’s rude to use someone’s toilet?! And ‘wouldn’t dream’ of using a toilet at a house viewing. It never occurred to me that this would be considered rude by some people. Maybe not ideal, but rude?! Jesus.

Wonderfully entertaining thread. I used to work with a girl who lined the toilet seat in her own home with toilet paper. This sort of thing astonishes me and I hope very much that such delicate persons never end up living like most people in the world have to have to with minimal facilities and probably no febreze disposable anti bacterial wipe to use afterwards. But seriously, you should always check the plumbing in a viewing, water pressure might be a real issue and you wouldn’t find out unless you tried the taps. Good surveyors would try them, and the loo.

Would also assume you were concealing a problem with the plumbing.

When we moved in here the toilets sounded like they were about to explode every time they were flushed. The plumbing needed a complete overhaul. I would bloody well make sure I flushed every loo, turned every tap, and flicked every switch before I bought a house next time.

The estate agent should not leave your house in a worse state than they found it, because apart from anything else they may need to show it again before you get back.

However, if you don't let people use the loo when they need to, all viewers are going to remember is a really uncomfortable viewing that they had to rush so that they could leave and find a loo; and that you sound a bit awkward. Obviously you should do what you want to do, but it could easily cost you thousands.

Could have been the estate agent themself. It can be a long dasy showing houses.

For once I'm almost hoping the Daily Mail picks this up.

Hygiene-hysteria reaches new heights!