Would a downstairs bathroom be a no deal for you?

cazuk11

My brother has a downstairs bathroom and 3 double bedrooms upstairs... He thought about moving it, but that would have meant losing a bedroom upstairs. He totally gutted his house and rebuilt the inside from scratch so it wouldn't have been too much of a hassle to do.

We had a downstairs bathroom in our first house when we were growing up. I had no issue with it. My mother (having lived with a downstairs bathroom) would NEVER buy a house with one if it were the only bathroom.

I don't think it would bother me as such if it meant getting more space upstairs. It can actually be quite useful when you have guests round, they don't have to go upstairs to use the toilet if you only have the one. I suppose you spend more time downstairs than you do upstairs.

We're currently on the hunt for our next house, and I'm ruling anything out that doesn't have an en suite and downstairs cloakroom.

My point is that everyone is different. You've got to do what's right for you. Some people will say it's easier to sell a house with an upstairs bathroom, but if you gain more bedroom space by having one downstairs.... My mother (although detesting downstairs bathrooms) needed 3 double bedrooms and for her at the time, it was the right choice as the price was considerably less for a house with a downstairs bathroom than with one upstairs with smaller bedrooms. A no brainer at the time. x

olibrofiz

Have lived in houses with downstairs bathrooms, but when it came to buying one it was a no no. One we looked at you had to squeeze by the kitchen units to get into the hall where the bathroom was.

My last house had a bathroom & loo upstairs and a loo downstairs, my current house has an upstairs bathroom that was converted from a bedroom. Really, really miss a downstairs loo tho.

colli

I've got a house with downstairs bathroom. It did make me think twice about putting in an offer but at the end of the day it meant we were able to afford to buy a family house instead of flat (and one with generous bedrooms at that). We were going to save like mad and get an ensuite put in as soon as poss but we're honestly not that bothered now. You use the loo more often during the day and I find the hard part of using the loo at night is getting out of bed in the first place, after that it doesn't matter how far you need to walk (within reason but a massive house is going to have more than the one bathroom anyway).

Flat_Eric

One of the houses I lived in as a child had a downstairs bathroom. I was eight I think and we lived there for a couple of years. As far as I can recall, one would traipse down the stairs, along the hall, through the kitchen and voila, the bathroom and I think it was the toilet first then the bathroom. I guess we got used to it. I can't really remember. I do recall though one night getting to the bottom of the stairs and stepping into water :eek: Our garden was on an incline and I think it had rained overnight quite heavily and for some reason hadn't drained properly so came into the house instead.

In more recent times, there is a holiday cottage we stay in and thats got an upstairs bathroom. So the lounge, dining room, kitchen, shower room and separate toilet are on the top floor then the two bedrooms are downstairs. I can cope with it for a week but couldn't live like that permanently. For me, yes it would probably be a dealbreaker but I would have to see the house and the layout and weigh it all up