To not buy a house I like as there’s no main bathroom?

didmymakeupsonice · 2024-09-18T15:10:51+00:00

DH thinks I’m being weird. We’ve gone to view a townhouse and it’s built up over three floors. The ground floor has a toilet. (The kitchen is also there if that even matters) Then the three bedrooms have an ensuite each (two with showers and one with a bath/shower). I’ve just never owned a house that didn’t have a main bathroom. DH said if that’s the only reason I don’t want to put an offer in then it’s ridiculous:

theemmadilemma · 18/09/2024 16:12

Depends on the family.

I can see how it might not work well for families with small children wanting a bath.

Teenagers etc., great, everyone has their own bathroom.

Justploddingonandon · 18/09/2024 16:15

I'm with you, where would guests shower? What if someone who doesn't have the bath in their room wants a bath? Also who wants to be cleaning 4 toilets?

sesquipedalian · 18/09/2024 16:15

So long as there is a bath in the house so you can bath small children should the need arise, I don’t think it’s a problem. What is your family situation? I assume if you have visitors, they will sleep in one of the bedrooms and use the en-suite, so I can’t see that it would be an issue.

BeMintBee · 18/09/2024 16:16

Other than never having lived in similar what’s the issue? You haven’t really said why you think it would be a problem?

BeMintBee · 18/09/2024 16:16

I wouldn’t buy because I’ve lived in a house with 3 bathrooms and a downstairs toilet and cleaning is a ball ache

SanMarzano · 18/09/2024 16:18

I don’t see what the issue would be - guests would use the downstairs loo, household members and overnight guests would use the bathroom attached to their bedroom. Why would you need another one? Are you envisaging having a lot of people sleeping on the sofa and not wanting them to shower in an en-suite?

piccolorhinoceros · 18/09/2024 16:19

I don't think it's ridiculous, if it's putting you off it's reasonable to assume it'll put potential buyers off if you want to sell in future. If you had guests round and were sitting in the lounge you'd have to ask them to go downstairs to use the toilet. Not a huge deal, but a minor inconvenience. I also just don't like townhouses, if something were to happen (illness or disability) I'd want to know I could live on the ground floor of my house.

RitzyMcFee · 18/09/2024 16:20

All of my bedrooms have en-suites and we have a downstairs toilet and a main bathroom.

The only time it ever gets used is if my teenagers have friends over and they are in their rooms and someone else is using the ensuite bathroom.

Oh, and once I had a friend over and her son got covered in mud and she used the bathroom to hose his hair down.

RitaFires · 18/09/2024 16:24

What would a main bathroom provide that the downstairs loo and ensuites don't?

It's not something that would bother me and if you otherwise like the house it might be worth figuring out if you can get over it, but obviously don't buy a house you hate.

rainsofcastamere · 18/09/2024 16:26

I would love this!!!

Aquamarine1029 · 18/09/2024 16:26

Justploddingonandon · 18/09/2024 16:15

I'm with you, where would guests shower? What if someone who doesn't have the bath in their room wants a bath? Also who wants to be cleaning 4 toilets?

The would shower in the en suite connected to the bedroom they're sleeping in.

Hecatoncheires · 18/09/2024 16:26

If you don't like it you don't like it. You can refrain from not putting in an offer for any reason.

Fish56Octagon · 18/09/2024 16:27

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alpacachino · 18/09/2024 16:28

That seems a nice house everyone had their own bathroom. It's a lot of cleaning though. I'm guessing each en suite has a loo. This is fine as long as no one is known to do particularly smelly poo

RandomUsernameHere · 18/09/2024 16:35

We were having this conversation recently as we're redesigning our new house. One option was to have all bedrooms with an en-suite but then no separate bathroom and just one downstairs loo. I agree OP, I'm not keen on the idea. If there were multiple visitors at one time and the downstairs loo was in use, I'd rather have a separate bathroom than people having to go through bedrooms. I also don't like en-suites that are really small, so would prefer to have one decent sized bathroom in place of two tiny en-suites.

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whirlyhead · 18/09/2024 16:39

Kevin McCloud's (Grand Designs) pet hate - too many bathrooms in houses. You don't need more bathrooms than people! Why do houses nowadays have so many ensuites? It is just more cleaning (especially of drains)

I only have 2 bathrooms and neither are really main bathrooms. It works fine (though I removed the bath as I hate baths)

Bjorkdidit · 18/09/2024 16:41

Well presumably it meets building regulations otherwise you have bigger issues.

But I think it sounds fine. Day visitors can use the downstairs toilet. People who live there or stay overnight can use the bathroom in their en suite. Unless you're in a habit of having people you don't know very well sleep in your house, you can just share and work around each other if someone wants a bath but they're sleeping in a room with a shower.

Having more toilets will mean that each one gets used less so the amount of cleaning won't be signficantly more.There might also be scope to 'Jack and Jill' one of the en suites between DC bedrooms and repurpose the other one for storage or a walk in wardrobe.

If you otherwise like the house and it's suitably priced and located, it doesn't need to be a dealbreaker.

TwistedSisters · 18/09/2024 16:42

With teenagers I think this would be ideal, perhaps wouldn't work so great with younger kids. Surely it depends on what works for your family?

redannie18 · 18/09/2024 16:51

our house is similar to this, and its fine for us with teens. Our ensuite is big and by the entrance to our bedroom so in theory i could add another door so the ensuite came off the hall instead, but its never been a problem. If someone staying needs a shower they just use the one nearest them. Its only ever family and close friends. I really like having only one small loo to keep “visitor ready” rather than multiple bathrooms.

Zanatdy · 18/09/2024 17:06

no-one uses the main bathroom in friends house - they have 5 bathrooms for 4 people. Wouldn’t bother me

lazyarse123 · 18/09/2024 17:11

piccolorhinoceros · 18/09/2024 16:19

I don't think it's ridiculous, if it's putting you off it's reasonable to assume it'll put potential buyers off if you want to sell in future. If you had guests round and were sitting in the lounge you'd have to ask them to go downstairs to use the toilet. Not a huge deal, but a minor inconvenience. I also just don't like townhouses, if something were to happen (illness or disability) I'd want to know I could live on the ground floor of my house.

How is that different to them going upstairs to the toilet?
I would have to have a rule that everyone cleans their own ensuite.

Roastiesarethebestbit · 18/09/2024 17:16

I’m not really a fan of en suites, and I’ve seen houses with 3 or 4 pokey en suites and thought, I’d rather have 2 decent sized shared bathrooms.

Abouttoblow · 18/09/2024 17:28

Justploddingonandon · 18/09/2024 16:15

I'm with you, where would guests shower? What if someone who doesn't have the bath in their room wants a bath? Also who wants to be cleaning 4 toilets?

In the en-suite of the room they're staying in surely?

Conniebygaslight · 18/09/2024 17:34

If all the bedrooms have an en-suite it negates the need for a main bathroom imo.
if the house also had a main bathroom would you buy it? If the answer is yes why? Who for?
if you’d prefer a main bathroom instead of en-suit then again why and who for?
Don’t buy a house based on guests unless they’re permanent.
If you’re not buying it because you have too many bathrooms to clean, fair enough.