Strange combination of rooms !

MrsJ2008 · 18 January 2011 at 12:16PM

Interesting theories on the loo and rather apt as we are currently trying to figure our layout too.

Here's a thought .... if you hang your smalls out on the garden washing line, would you stop your guests from going there too :rotfl:

Grimbal · 18 January 2011 at 2:40PM

A good point

Although I do think that there is a difference between your smalls flutterring gently in the breeze outside then them drying on a rack next to where you are relieving yourself !! Guests can chose not to wander in the direction of the washing line in the garden but they would always need to shimmy past those drying knickers on the clothes horse next to the bog

I think a point that a previous poster made was that if you're designing your own house, then you can decide the best layout that works for you. If, however, you are designing a nearly £700k house that has a teeny tiny study directly off the kitchen, a lounge that is internal to the house & a utility that has the only downstairs loo in it, then you'd best re-consider your price if you want to sell !

Mojisola · 18 January 2011 at 3:37PM

The floor plan is deceiving because it shows a wall between the kitchen and the family room whereas the photos show it to be open plan.

I agree with most people that the layout is very poor. I couldn't live there without turning that study into a utility room!

The toilet and washing machine thing wouldn't worry me. It's the norm in the older houses in Holland and seems to work well.

I'm not sure I'd want washing drying in that room, though.

It would also annoy me that, because of those doors between the drawing room and the family room, the chairs in the family room would have to be placed looking in to the house. With a room like that, I'd want to sit gazing out into the garden.