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

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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:

There is a main bathroom. It's the one with a bath and a shower.

I wouldn't because I hate ensuites.

I voted that YABU and then remembered that I haven’t shared a bathroom at home with my husband for a good ten years. Is that the problem?

I think it's a ridiculous reason not to like the house - it's got three bathrooms anyway!!

This wouldn’t put me off but if it’s a real problem, you could just put in a door to one of the en-suites from the hall- either to make a jack and jill bathroom or block of the door from the bedroom,

I cannot see a problem. What would a "main bathroom" give you that you don't have. If you have young kids I can see why you wouldn't feel comfortable but otherwise it sounds good.

If you’re having guests they’d surely have a bedroom which comes with an en suite.

It would put me off. I hate ensuites. I don't want to hear someone else weeing etc whilst I'm in bed. I'd never get one and think a main bathroom is much nicer.

Only you know if it's a deal breaker for you, it would bother me a bit though I can't really work out why! But if it was perfect in every other way I think I'd buy it if I couldn't come up with a rational reason not to. Is there any way of moving a bathroom door onto a hall? Might be worth getting an estimate if the floorplan would work.

I have 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. However all of the bathrooms are shit and small. My en suite doesn’t have a bath which really annoys me.

its an awful lot of cleaning and I don’t even get a nice bathroom 🤦‍♀️. Make sure you like the bathrooms in question because it is a lot more money to replace 3 than 1!

it wouldn’t bother me if each bathroom didn’t need upgrading and my en suite had a bath.

And what if they're sleeping on a sofa bed/futon/blow up bed in the lounge or dining room? Not everyone has the luxury of being able to give overnight guests their own bedroom, if all bedrooms are already occupied.

Four toilets would drive me mad, a nice large bathroom is all we have.

We have three en suites and a family bathroom and downstairs loo. The family bathroom is only used to bath the dog.

Yes, there's far too much cleaning.

It's not really, but I'm used to having a downstairs 'guest' toilet so my guests don't have to go upstairs (which means my house is now more or less guest-ready all the time, regardless of how tidy it is upstairs).

Surely the guests shower in their en suite?

We had a house similar to this. Two en-suite bedrooms and a ground floor shower room. I loved it. When family and friends came to stay it was lovely to give them their own bedroom bathroom. And of course no one has to share.
You get used to the cleaning.

Mumsnet is nuts.

"Where would guests shower?" In one of the showers.

"What if someone who doesn't have the bath in their room wants a bath?" They go into the bathroom with the bath.

I wonder how some of you manage to get out of bed in the morning.

Oh that's way too much cleaning.

I'd hate all those ensuites, too much cleaning. But perhaps in the future you could change one of them to open to the hall?

I don't see the issue. I personally wouldn't want that many bathrooms to manage, but every bedroom has a bathroom, so not sure what purpose a "main" bathroom would serve. Unless you have frequent overnight guests in the living room, does it matter?

Totally depends if you have kids or plan to have kids? For a couple with no kids who have occasional guests it sounds perfect! If you have or plan to have one or more kids, plus occasionally have guests then it’s an obvious no?

Edit: sorry, only just spotted that all THREE bedrooms have a bathroom. Sounds awesome, unless - as PP said - you expect to regularly have guests in the living room?

Can the bathroom with the bath be opened out? Does it have a wall onto a landing or passageway? If so, you could put in a door so that it could be accessed by all, even if you need to rejig the layout.

I do have guests in my living room as only have enough bedrooms for people who live here. I think we'd both find it weird if they had to walk through a bedroom to shower (and my bedroom is a dumping ground for all the mess I don't want them to see).

Siding with your husband I think. Are you going to have guests sleeping in places that aren't bedrooms? Often? If so I suppose I can just about see how it might be a bit awkward for them showering... Can you see a way to move a door so one of the bathrooms becomes accessible from the landing?