Downstairs Bathroom.

pawpurrs

I have had a downstairs bathroom in the past and it didnt really bother me, but DH is happier with one upstairs, I have never had a seperate loo, but I guess thats the ideal, downstairs loo, and upstairs bathroom.

Doshwaster

I have recently moved from a house with a downstairs bathroom to a one with it upstairs.

It doesn't really bother me one way or the other. But, I must say, I kind of miss the downstairs bathroom - especially when going for a quick wee while watching something on TV. You go to the toilet more often during the day than you do at night.

I suppose the perfect situation would be an upstairs bathroom and an extra toilet downstairs.

Back in the early 70s, my parents house still didn't have a bathroom. The toilet was in the shed and the bath was a metal tub which was dragged into the kitchen.

fozzylozzy

We have a downstairs bathroom (don't have to go through kitchen to access) and an upstairs toilet/sink - doesn't bother us in the slightest but now we are selling up I'm worried about how it might bother other people and how it might affect the value.

Would you expect to pay less for a house with a downstairs bathroom?

Blacksheep1979

Personally if there were two houses exactly the same but one had the bathroom downstairs, the other one the bathroom upstairs and they were the same price I'd be buying the one with the upstairs bathroom. So yes, would have to be cheaper to consider it.

Pennylane

We bought our current house when my own kids were quite small and I loved having a downstairs bathroom.

The people before us built the house and this is how the Mother wanted it as she had 4 children herself. She said she used to get on with cooking the evening meal and the kids used to be having a bath or shower (they were out of the baby stage then BTW!) and she was able to pop in and out if they needed her.

There is also a toilet/handbasin upstairs so no probs for nocturnal needs.

Now my own kids are older we have often thought about converting one of the upstairs bedrooms into a bathroom and turning the downstairs bathroom into a cloakroom or office but I actually still like it as a bathroom, so we never have!

fozzylozzy

Pennylane wrote: »

We bought our current house when my own kids were quite small and I loved having a downstairs bathroom.

The people before us built the house and this is how the Mother wanted it as she had 4 children herself. She said she used to get on with cooking the evening meal and the kids used to be having a bath or shower (they were out of the baby stage then BTW!) and she was able to pop in and out if they needed her.

There is also a toilet/handbasin upstairs so no probs for nocturnal needs.

Now my own kids are older we have often thought about converting one of the upstairs bedrooms into a bathroom and turning the downstairs bathroom into a cloakroom or office but I actually still like it as a bathroom, so we never have!

We've lived in this house for 10.5 years now with a downstairs bathroom - 5 of those years as that being the only toilet in the house. We then had a loft conversion and an upstairs loo and basin put in.

Has been extremely handy especially with having children (them bathing whilst me cooking etc), but now feel trying to sell a house in this market is going to be even harder with this layout - not that we are in a position to move the bathroom now :rotfl:

We have a lovely 4 bed end terrace victorian home and I just hope people will see past the layout!

nearlyrich

My cousin had a bath in the kitchen of a two bed terraced house it had a piece of hardboard and a foam cushion on top when not being used as a bath we thought they were really posh as we had no bath and a loo in a shed in the yard at the time...probably around 1965 to 1970s...

I have lived in 2 houses with no bathroom at all, a house with 8 of us sharing 1 bathroom and now just for three of us we have two full bathrooms and a downstairs cloakroom with a loo and washbasin.

I have never had only a downstairs bathroom but I would not like to have to go too far for a bathroom in the night so I suppose I would refuse a downstairs bathroom. If the rest of the house is great someone will go for it...

Nixer

I didn't think I was bothered either way until I lived in a house with a downstairs bathroom. I now live in one with a loo and basin downstairs and a bathroom with a loo in upstairs. But a downstairs bathroom wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me if I was buying - the main problems with the one we lived in was that it was a freezing cold poorly insulated house and it was rented so we couldn't do anything about the freezingness. I would prefer one upstairs though.

Pennylane

Fozzylozzy - I'm sure people will see past the downstairs bathroom.

As I said, the previous owners built this house to their specification and chose to have the bathroom downstairs. It's actually quite nice to just have a shower and toddle into the lounge to watch TV.

I go more on how a house "feels" - if it feels warm, light and inviting, I'm interested. A sunny garden is essential for me (once had a house where weeny garden got no sun and it was terrible).

Just really push all the positives!:)