Number of bedrooms vs number of bathrooms upstairs

[Ariela]

We're possibly having to locate and looking at 4 or 5 bed houses (cheaper area) as may have to take MIL. Seems you get far more for your money but puzzled by the number of loos. Lots of modern houses seem to have masses.
What's the optimum? Looking online at properties in the area currently. An older one has 4 beds, small box room, family bathroom & 1 ensuite (but could convert further ensuite from box room). Or a more modern 5 bed one with 3 beds with en suite + family bathroom.

Both have downstairs loo too.
Wondering if this would be too many loos for 4 adults? Would I spend all my days cleaning loos?
What works best? (we have no en suite currently).

I have "condemned" one of our prolific numbers of bathrooms, and converted it into a storage room. So it's one less to clean.

Personally, the older house sounds about right (although, maybe 3 total bathrooms would be good if you have kids- one for you and DH, one for MiL, one for kids). 4 bathrooms, plus downstairs loo sounds excessive to me!

This is what I was thinking, I would hate to be cleaning too many loos.

After a renovation, we have a bathroom for the kids, a bathroom for us, and a bedroom and bathroom for guests on another floor (also a downstairs loo). This works well for us. Unless we have guests the guest bathroom doesn't need to be cleaned but it is nice for visitors (we live away from family so have a lot of visitors). I like not sharing with the kids.

Our three teens would probably prefer to have a bathroom each mind you.

For a modern 5 bed house, I would like 2 bedrooms with ensuite, then family bathroom for other 3 bedrooms to share.
Depending on configuration, I would convert the extra ensuite to a dressing room /walk in wardrobe for the master bed

Thanks, I think an excess of loos to clean is off putting!

I’ve moved into a 12 year old five bed house, with four bathrooms (well, three shower rooms and a bathroom) and a downstairs loo.

It is ridiculous. However, apart from that it ticked all the right boxes. There is a bathroom we simply won’t use unless we have guests, and another that could possibly be de-bathroomed and used to extend the smallest bedroom. however the “family” bathroom is actually the least nice, with no outside window (even though it’s on an outside wall)...

...five bed house, with four bathrooms (well, three shower rooms and a bathroom) and a downstairs loo...

This is my same set up too. There’s only two of us and while we have a lot of visitors the bathrooms aren’t in constant daily use so cleaning is manageable.

I figured at the time the more bathrooms the merrier but in hindsight lots of bathrooms with heavy footfall might be a cleaning nightmare. I’d be inclined to go with the older house and 4 bed option.

Seems quite common to have masses of bathrooms and loos then, will be a luxury to go from one family bathroom then!
I'm still erring on the side of less bathrooms though.

We're in the process of buying a 5 bed which has a downstairs loo, an en-suite and a family bathroom. The 5th bedroom is a bad loft conversion and in the fullness of time we may change the layout upstairs and put in a shower room. Personally I think 3 is plenty of loos...