To bidet or not bidet? Survey please?

aliasojo

murphydog999 wrote: »

The other question - as we still need to think of people who will buy it after us - is, would it be useful to other people and would they see it as a useful addition to their bathroom?

I don't think there's any point in even thinking about that aspect tbh. As you can see from the replies here, some will like it, some wont. It's a personal choice thing with no right or wrong answer.

If someone likes your house, they're not going to be put off buying it just because it had a bidet and equally they are not going to opt to buy it just because it has one, I don't think a bidet would really be a specific on anyone's 'want' or 'don't want' list. A shower or an en suite, yes, but not a bidet. So I don't see the point of not putting one in especially since your husband wants one.

murphydog999

aliasojo wrote: »

So I don't see the point of not putting one in especially since your husband wants one.

If you knew my husband and gadgets - 'I want one of those' is a favourite phrase of his - which inevitably end up quickly replaced by the 'new' version, you wouldn't have put that comment

tiggerjj

Bidets scare me, they always have, no idea why!

serverdog

We inherited one in our bathroom when we bought our house. It is a waste of space for us (small bathroom) and only used maybe twice a year or so to wash our feet instead of using the bath.

Last thing I would install in the bathroom!

So for me it is a big NO!

Outer_Limits

murphydog999 wrote: »

The other question - as we still need to think of people who will buy it after us - is, would it be useful to other people and would they see it as a useful addition to their bathroom?

Like Never enough I was converted while living abroad (and Brit temperatures are supposed to be rising.) Agree with Aliasojo, but there can be fads and fashions, so why not flick through a couple of home improvement mags while shopping?

gatita

Don't even think about it! I could not bear to think of NOT having a bidet. In Europe almost every house has one. Go for it

dander

Personally, I reckon it would depend on the size of the bathroom. If you've got a big room with room for a bath, separate shower and still have plenty of room for the bidet, then why not, but if you have to shoe-horn it in, or lose a shower to get it in, then I'd say it's a mistake. Could you negotiate on the gadget front with your other half? Personally, I'd be more attracted by a bathroom with a nice run of fitted units round the walls with the cistern and vanity unit all of a piece, with lots of storage space for clutter - maybe he could be persuaded to view that kind of thing as gadgets?

Bonbon

I wouldn't even consider having one. I always have a pack of moist toilet tissues in the bathroom and use these if I want to 'freshen up'.

shirlgirl2004

Although it wouldn't put me off buying a house with a bidet I would look at the bathroom and think it needs ripping out and redoing. I hate bidets.

sunshinetours

If you have room for a separate shower cubicle I would go for that first and then if you still have the room to go for twin sinks and then after that I may consider a bidet!