Imagine spending millions of pounds on a house, only to be able to hear the results of someone's vindaloo belly whilst you're stood almost directly underneath, cooking.
There is a privacy wall around the loo, but it doesn't reach the ceiling.
Picture 59 on the right, the wall seems to hide the loo, floorplans: Barn Ground and Barn First seem to confirm my suspicions.
My partner and I have a sweary mantra we used whenever the next ridiculous thing happens in our rental - a former swanky looking holiday cottage.
"I just don't understand why they would..."
"Fucking houses designed by people who have never lived in a fucking house before before."
In that, we mean, you need to live in a lot of bad houses in order to know how NOT to make terrible design decisions. And actually spend a decent chunk of time in them.
Our LLs spent 1 night in this house before it was first rented out to holidaymakers because they claim didn't have time for anything more.
Small wonder they no longer have a business. It's driving us so batshit at the moment that we're considering moving into a hotel until our house purchase is complete. It used to rent out for £££ per night.
Our former rental also had a myriad of issues, and that LL, again, I think, spent so little time in her own homes that when it came to designing the one we ended up living in, had no idea of what could be future major irritants.