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How important is downstairs WC?

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bebeboeuf · 15/04/2019 08:56

If you are a couple up to a maximum of a family of 4, how important would a downstairs WC be in a 2/3 bed house?

And if it is important would you carve out space from dining room to have one?

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bebeboeuf · 16/04/2019 16:53

Joy - which part is disgusting?

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another20 · 16/04/2019 16:55

Do what suits you in your own home for your own budget. If you are staying long term and are not bothered about having one and would prefer not to spend £5K for some random buyer down the years - don’t bother. They can put one in or not if they want to........personally I think as much utility space as possible in a terraced house is important to keep shoes, coats, pushchairs, scooters, laundry, toys, paperwork, hoovers, supplies etc out of sight and the house calm and ordered is what makes family life zen....

phreedam · 16/04/2019 16:57

Very important, we don't have one and I hate that my guests go upstairs, sometimes in their outside shoes to use the bathroom.
Also, what a hassle it is to have to clean upstairs (to guest standard) when people come over!!!
We were originally planning to convert our garage into a study and down stairs loo but we've run out of cash after a massive renovation after buying this 1950's property. It'll be worth the wait though.

BananaFace5 · 16/04/2019 17:01

Can it not go under the stairs? Its a deal breaker for me too, first of all so guests dont have an excuse to go upstairs and second of all so when the kids are desperate for a wee they dont have to traipse upstairs while trying to rush and pull pants down at the same time!

notacooldad · 16/04/2019 17:07

frst of all so guests dont have an excuse to go upstairs
Why would guests want an excuse to go upstairs.
When we have friends round we all sit in the living room, dining room, middle room or kitchen. If they need a wee they nip to the loo and are back in seconds.
What on earth are your guests planning to do upstairs that they need an excuse?

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bebeboeuf · 16/04/2019 17:21

It can’t go under the stairs unfortunately.

I’m hoping that we can create some extra storage at the same time but the kitchen diner is large enough that we have full height cupboards for all of that and sheds in he garden for garden toys and scooters.

Pram stays in car

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RuthW · 16/04/2019 17:21

28 years ago I bought a house without one. Never again. I would never even look at a house without one. Far more important than a dining room.

Chocolate1984 · 16/04/2019 17:42

our downstairs loo was added by the previous owner by extending a cupboard in he hall. It’s only 140cm x 80 but it’s fine. We have a cloakroom toilet and sink in it so smaller than standard size.

MsLucyHoneychurch · 16/04/2019 17:57

The children always need the toilet when we’ve been out etc and wouldn’t make it up the stairs

Oh come off it!

faffymcfaffer · 16/04/2019 20:41

I wouldn't have a house without one simply because I don't want visitors mooching about upstairs. It was also very handy when the dc were little.

daisypond · 16/04/2019 20:44

Not at all. We haven’t got one. Victorian terraced house. Four adults, three dc, now teenagers. One bathroom upstairs.

WBWIFE · 17/04/2019 23:14

Never owned a house with a downstairs loo

mangocoveredlamb · 18/04/2019 09:05

Essential for me! But if I was buying a house that hadn’t been done up and o was going to extend etc then I wouldn’t mind as I would put one in myself.

Yogagirl123 · 18/04/2019 09:11

Downstairs loo for me is essential in a family home.

LillianGish · 18/04/2019 09:34

I'd actually rather have an outside loo than a poorly located downstairs one. Someone I knew had one put into her small terrace accessed through a door from the dining area - it suited her needs when she was there alone, but was very far from ideal (in many ways better to trek upstairs where there was a bathroom accessed through one of the bedrooms). The irony was there had been a downstairs bathroom when she moved in - tacked on the back as with many houses built without bathrooms in the old days. In fact the old configuration worked better than the new one. When she died the house did not prove an easy sell. Yours sounds as if it will be just about OK OP - especially as it will have a window. Does it also have the appropriate plumbing or will it need one of those grinders (another no-no in my book)? I would say do it if you want it, but don't do it just for the sake of "adding value".

PazRaz10 · 18/04/2019 11:50

It wasn't essential until I had one, and now I would think twice about a house without one, unless I was buying with the intention of renovating or extending and could see the potential to put one in.
And I agree with the previous pp that I like not having to tidy upstairs when we have guests over!

Svalberg · 18/04/2019 12:07

Post-menopause I seem to be suffering from key-in-door syndrome and wouldn't make it upstairs to a loo (yes, really, MsLucyHoneychurch!)

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