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

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...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???

Must have a cleaner!

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

Which one would you pick Meg?

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.

Does seem a wee be excessive.

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!

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!

Illegal immigrants probably!

Nice house though.

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.

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

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

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.

That is some seriously weird decor.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 ? .
Very weird

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

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

Not a clue but I loooove the glass vaulted ceiling!

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

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.

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!

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!