Would you buy a house with a toilet in an open-plan room?

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Hope to find some sensible opinions here before I (possibly) waste loads of money (and so sorry i just posted this on an existing thread by mistake).

My house has a separate dining room and kitchen with a hallway between the two leading to a toilet. I want to knock the walls down to create one large room but keep the toilet as it’s very useful. To cover all bases:
1 no I can’t afford to put the toilet anywhere else it would make the job too expensive

1. I want to keep the toilet (it’s a shower too) rather than get rid of it as it’s useful.

would you buy a house with a toilet in the middle of a big open plan room?

I’ve created some excellent architectural designs to show you what I mean (by excellent I mean a bit shit)

Thank you to anyone who can be bothered to respond

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not a chance!

It was very normal. But it’s against building regs now.

No. I discount all houses that have a toilet off the kitchen. If there is a door into a utility room and then another door into the kitchen then that's a possibility

No you don’t but you must have handwashing facilities in the toilet

No, it's not.

My niece has just bought a new build and the huge downstairs loo opens directly into the small kitchen/living room.

Eta @beaglescurleduplikebagels you are doing a sterling job trying to educate people about building regs!

Not true as long as the toilet has a basin in it.

No because you can't police it.
It may smell and if people are over for dinner you don't want want to listen to them pee!
I had an office like this in London. It was vile. One of the reasons I left but I do have a loo phobia.

Think of the men or boys getting near the door if a woman is in there.

Sorry no I would not even view the house, my friend has a toilet that is off their open plan kitchen/ dinner and it is also under the stairs as they too are in the open plan room too you can hear everything the person in the toilet is doing .

No

Just in case it puts things into perspective this is our floor plan. I wanted the blue walls knocked down and the red line is a door we would put in. The purpose being to create one big living area rather than separate rooms.

our budget doesn’t allow for us to move the toilet to another place and there’s no where else it can go.

so it’s either

1. Leave it as is

2 do the job; or 3 do the job and take the toilet/ shower out and put a utility room where the toilet is.

I guess you could continue peeling the carrots in there if it was a big jobby?

Could you knock the kitchen and family room into one instead, and then move the family room to where the dining room is instead, leading onto the conservatory.

No I wouldn't buy it

I'd do a utility with "cloakroom" ie toilet in a cupboard housed within the confines of the utility.

Anything else is weird gross and unsellable.

No, you used to, but not anymore.

When are you planning to sell? If staying 5 years or more then do what works for you.

I am not a fan of the new layout but walls could easily be put back up so as a buyer I would not be put off.

No, it wouldn’t feel private!

Agree, ive been in a newish built house with a toilet directly from the kitchen. It looks ok, but its not a sticky-out room in a middle of living space but more discreet.

You have to either move it or what about knocking into the family room instead?

thank you, I thought this and it saved me googling
edit: gosh the regs have changed ick!

It's incorrect @godmum56.

Lots of homes have bathrooms and toilets directly off the kitchen - it's perfectly legal as long as the bathroom has a basin and there's a door between the two.

Our toilet is about 2m from our oven (with a door in between). It's very common in terraced houses.

Would this work?

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The old 2 door building reg requirement disappeared a long time ago actually. As long as there is ventilation (and obviously hand washing facilities) provided, a bathroom/toilet can open directly into a kitchen, or other habitable room.