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Now I like a toilet as much as the next person...

40 replies

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 16:43

...but this house up the road from me has;

2 in the gym at the bottom of the garden
2 on the ground floor
3 on the first floor
1 in the converted loft

A grand total of 8 for a 5 bed house, what's that about???

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runningonwillpower · 21/06/2013 16:44

Must have a cleaner!

Megsdaughter · 21/06/2013 16:48

That would be my idea of heaven. My own loo :)

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 16:55

Which one would you pick Meg? Smile

Yes running, my first thought was I wouldn't want to have to clean all those loos! But I guess if you can afford a £1.1m house you can afford someone to clean it for you!

I'm not clear why they need 2 loos and 2 showers in the gym/play room at the bottom of the small garden? But I confess when I win the lottery the house I build will have an en suite for every bedroom like this house.

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wheredidiputit · 21/06/2013 17:15

Does seem a wee be excessive.

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 17:18
Grin
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flow4 · 21/06/2013 17:37

I reckon they're running some kind of business from home... Renting to overseas students or suchlike. At not much more than 2x3m, those rooms are not a 'gym' and a 'playroom', are they?! You'd never fit a pool table in! Grin

QOD · 21/06/2013 17:39

Ewww my mums just had that exact kitchen fitted. Looks like an aids clinic. Costs a bomb

I don't like the whole open plan living bit. I'd want 3 reception rooms!

YDdraigGoch · 21/06/2013 17:40

Illegal immigrants probably!

Nice house though.

squeaver · 21/06/2013 17:45

It has absolutely been designed as some kind of house share proposition. Having that random bedroom in the ground floor at the front (also with bathroom) is v weird.

You could have 10 people living in that house, no problem.

ChunkyPickle · 21/06/2013 17:50

I'm pretty sure that I read that the walt disney mansion had something like 7 bedrooms but 19 toilets..

However this one is definitely ready for a houseshare/scheme

GibberTheMonkey · 21/06/2013 17:55

It's a gymbelow
A slightly posher type than mn is used to

VivaLeBeaver · 21/06/2013 18:03

I looked at a house once that in the main bathroom had "his" and "hers" toilets side by side.

I had images of the owners sitting holding hands while each having a crap.

GobblersKnob · 21/06/2013 18:09

That is some seriously weird decor.

HeadFairy · 21/06/2013 18:12

maybe the owner had bowel ishoooos when they were doing it up :o

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 18:16

I think it's far too posh to be for shared occupancy, my theory is that it was built by a plumbing magnate and s/he ships the teenage kids out to the end of the garden and the downstairs bedroom/bathroom is for granny.

See! I have built a whole family saga around this house. DS thinks we should get it because it's closer to his school, only got to save another half a mil...

And I'm with you QOD on the high gloss white kitchen fad - yuck, too clinical, reminds me of the dentist, shudder.

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MrsMangoBiscuit · 21/06/2013 18:27

The kitchen would also be glaringly bright in bright sunshine, you'd need shades on to see what you're cooking. Confused

As for the too-small "playroom" that needs it's own shower, I wonder if it's soundproofed, with any odd rings fitted into the walls and/or ceiling, and all the furniture is wipe clean. Grin

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 19:22

Interesting theory Mrs! That could explain why there are no pictures of the inside of the 'play' room.... Wink

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BackforGood · 21/06/2013 19:49

I'm glad someone else said that about the kitchen - my first thought was 'yuck'.
I don't understand why you would have 2 sep "lounges" or living areas set up in the one room (Picture 2) Surely if you want a quiet sitting / reading / grown up room (as it seems to be on the left / front bit of the room) then you wouldn't have it in the same space as the TV room at the back bit ? Confused.
Very weird

Sparklegeek · 21/06/2013 20:56

Agree re the cleaner. I have 4 loos & am working out if/when I can possibly afford a cleaner & I've only been cleaning them for 6 weeks since moving in! Am beginning to dread Thursdays...4 loos plus 3 bathrooms to clean. I know I know, first world problem

CotedePablo · 21/06/2013 20:56

Oooh I do like the lovely huge gigantic shower in the first bathroom pic!

rockybalboa · 21/06/2013 21:02

Not a clue but I loooove the glass vaulted ceiling!

BramblyHedge · 21/06/2013 21:29

I think the shed is used as a beauty salon with the two showers.

AngryFeet · 21/06/2013 21:38

Fuck I wouldn't pay over a million for that! I know it is in London but still!

Whats up with the massive skylights in the kitchen overlooked by several windows from the neighbours house? Should have had a solid roof really.

K8Middleton · 21/06/2013 21:51

Ah it's in West Ealing. I used to live round there and knew a family who had grown up kids living at home, granny and various other relations in the house (about 4 generations) plus they rented out a gymbalow-type affair in the garden to students.

This could be it!

MothershipG · 21/06/2013 22:21

More like Hanwell really K8, it's a bit pricey for the location but prices around here are generally getting siller by the minute.

I don't see how the gymbalow (did MN/MrsD invent this great word?) can be rented out, 2 toilets, 2 showers but no kitchen? I still think MrsMango is on the right track - it's a sexbalow, which isn't as catchy but a lot ruder! Wink

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