who has only a downstairs bathroom?

[nappyaddict]

do you like it or is it a pain?

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I did for 14 years. Much, much prefer being able to pop nextdoor for a pee in the middle of the night. However, many of our neighbours have kept their downstairs bathrooms and therefore the extra bedroom, and they cope fine.

i suppose at least we'd have a downstairs loo.

We only have a downstairs bathroom and 4 bedrooms upstairs but it is fine.

Doesn't bother me.

My old house had this (victorian terrace with extension on the back) Was great at the time (especially as we had a LOT of parties back then pre children and used the bath as a giant ice bucket.

I have one. It's ok but a bit of a pain in the arse as you have to walk through the galley kitchen to get to it. Can be annoying when you're cooking and there is bathroom traffic.

place we're looking at has a square sort of kitchen so that shouldn't be a problem.

We had one in our previous house - but not one that you went into via the kitchen.

If we'd had a loo upstairs it would have been perfect, as I rather liked lounging in the bath and not being out of the way.

If we'd been staying in that house, we'd worked out a way to put a loo in upstairs without loosing a bedroom.

this is interesting...my parents are downsizing and looking at lots of Victorian houses with 3 bedrooms usually and mostly with downstairs bathrooms,which they are not keen on...
the ones with upstairs bathrooms are usually put in between two of the bedrooms and take bits off both rooms - so consequently the bathroom itself is small and the bedrooms smaller too.

My parents' house has a downstairs bathroom - typical Victorian extension with scullery then bathroom. Bloody cold at night. Traipsing up and down the stairs not good if you're pg or ill.

so is going down stairs maybe once in a night worse than going upstairs numerous times in a day?

think of the exercise !

We had a downstairs bathroom (also a Victorian terrace) for three years. I didn't really mind as I don't often get up in the night to pee and if I do need to then it's a pita even if the bathroom is right next door.

Our bathroom was next to the kitchen, separated by a short corridor, which was quite handy for bathing the dc in the evening. It was also great when they stopped wearing nappies - no need to keep going upstairs.

I hate going through an empty house in the middle of the night - all those windows - brrrrr. Of course in an ideal world you'd have both

I have a few times but have always managed to squeeze in an extra loo upstairs.

We do, & actually I think I now prefer it to upstairs bathroom, but I don't think I ever get up in the night to wee (unless I've had wayyyy too much to drink.

Easy when potty training
No need to cart kids upstairs when you want to have a shower
Quick run in from the garden
Don't have to tidy upstairs when visitors are coming

We might look at putting in a little ensuite upstairs at some stage, but not really bothered tbh.

we do and cope fine. Its great during the day and bath time for dd. Only pain if you need to get up in the night. DD doesn't and I do sometimes but no more so than getting up anyway.

I used to. Going downstairs and across cold tiles was horrible.
I think as long as I had a downstairs loo I much prefer an upstairs bathroom.

It used to terrify me so much going to the downstairs bathroom in the night, that when I was little I would rather wet the bed. I hate downstairs bathrooms.

We have a downstairs bathroom, tis a bit of a pain but not not exactly arduous iyswim. The worst thing is that it's cold in winter as it has 3 external walls. We're hoping to get an upstairs loo installed soon but that's because we want a 2nd loo rather than an upstairs one specifically.

I had a downstairs bathroom when pregnant and didn't mind getting up in the night for a wee as I had to walk through the kitchen, past the fridge. I used to snack a lot. Now I'd find it a pain in the bum.

We had only a downsatirs bathroom for 5 years. Its a pain when you want a relaxing bath and you can hear your dh banging around doing the bins. Its a pain when he has a dump and your bathroom is directly off your kitchen.

it is a godsend when the kids need a quick shower after rollling around in the sand pit, or need a hasty wee.

When we sold our house we had quite a few people who turned up and said 'Oh, it's got a downstairs bathroom' which put them off straight away. Why they didn't read the blurb before coming to view I don't know but we sold our house pretty easily despite the downstairs bathroom.

We had a downstairs bathroom in our previous house, and tbh I always found it quite handy. There was just the two of us living there so not much through-kitchen traffic/no kids needing midnight wees to contend with, and it was useful when I needed a wee halfway through cooking dinner as I could just nip in (don't worry, I always washed my hands afterwards ).

Downsides were that because it was in an extension, it was fucking freezing as soon as the weather turned. Also we couldn't really understand why the landlord had relocated it downstairs as the third bedroom created where the original bathroom had been was so tiny and noisy (from the boiler) that it wasn't worth the effort.