Why are downstairs bathrooms THAT bad?!?

gbcasual

We're trying to sell our 3 bed house at present and the single most consistent piece of feedback we get is there's only a downstairs bathroom and no toilet etc upstairs.

With a young family (which you'd expect in a 3 bed house) we find having a downstairs bathroom is great as the kids come straight in from outside and into the bathroom rather than tramping through the house.

Much easier for the kids to potty train/go to the toilet with a downstairs bathroom too, rather than having to scoot up the stairs all the time.

Okay, for people needing to use the toilet during the night there's a few steps to negotiate, but you're far more likely to go more often during the day, so only having an upstairs bathroom would mean far more trips overall.

So why are downstairs bathrooms THAT bad?!?

Thanks

Jon

Soubrette

I can only give you my opinion but when I have a bath or shower I like to go straight to my bedroom and get dressed fairly leisurely. I wouldn't find trailing through the house in a dressing gown all damp particularly appealing.

It would definitely put me off a house.

Sou

sunshinetours

As a family house it would certainly out me off and I would want at least a toilet and washbasin upstairs. When you have young kids its hard enough getting them up in the night to go eyt alone having to go downstairs when they are sleepy aswell.
older kids/no kids not such an issue

Is there anyway you can squeeze in a small bathroom of sorts? The market is telling you something and you need to listen at the moment

gbcasual

sunshinetours wrote: »

Is there anyway you can squeeze in a small bathroom of sorts? The market is telling you something and you need to listen at the moment

Realistically there is only the ability to put in an en-suite to one room relatively easily, but it is not the main bedroom and I would think having an en-suite that is not on the master would also put people off.

Would it really better to have something upstairs even if obviously not on the master bedroom?

diable

The only downstairs bathrooms I saw when I was looking to buy a property you had to access via the kitchen.

gemmalouanna

Having a bath/shower downstairs would not bother me as long as there was at least a toilet upstairs.

I don't think i have EVER slept a night without having to go to the toilet so it would be a right pain for me to go downstairs every night

Tigsteroonie

I never understood why people didn't like this arrangement either. I use the toilet far more in the daytime than I do overnight when I am asleep!

sunshinetours

gbcasual wrote: »

Realistically there is only the ability to put in an en-suite to one room relatively easily, but it is not the main bedroom and I would think having an en-suite that is not on the master would also put people off.

Would it really better to have something upstairs even if obviously not on the master bedroom?

Ask you agent maybe? Wouldn't have thought an ensuite off bedroom 2 for instance would be particularly attractive in what i assume is a fairly small house?

You may just have to price accordingly and wait for someone who isn't worried about no upstairs bathroom. My parents didn't have an upstairs bathroom and I survived , however I wouldn't doubt that their house is worth less than the other similar ones that have had small extensions to get an upstairs bathroom as well as a downstairs cloakroom, which is IMO the best set up for a small house

gbcasual

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

I never understood why people didn't like this arrangement either. I use the toilet far more in the daytime than I do overnight when I am asleep!

You don't fancy buying a house in Maidenhead do you?

gbcasual

diable wrote: »

The only downstairs bathrooms I saw when I was looking to buy a property you had to access via the kitchen.

It is off the kitchen, but not one of those narrow galley kitchens where you pass closely by everything. The kitchen is much more open than that.

carefullycautious

Wouldnt bother me as long as I could put a loo/washbasin upstairs somewhere.