Do downstairs bathrooms put people off?

gemmalouanna

I would only ever consider a downstairs bathroom if there was a toilet upstairs as that would be ok - my friends house has this and it works fine.

Scully38

My friend had a bathroom/toilet downstairs off the hall, had no problem with it, even at night, but when I rented a flat and the toilet/bathroom was off the kitchen, I hated it ad have never bought a property like that.

TBH I don't think i'd have minded if it was like a cloakroom/wc/shower downstairs and a proper bathroom upstairs also, but not if it was a sole bathroom in the house. It's just completely impractical, especially with kids getting up in the night to go the toilet.

hollyh

It is the only bathroom in the house.

jungle_jane

hollyh wrote: »

I think without losing a bedroom it wouldn't be able to be upstairs. The garden is massive so that could be a good feature. It's all going to be newly renovated too so that'll be nice and there's not a lot of rentals in the village.

Sometimes a large garden isn't great for renting because not all tenants want to maintain a garden.

They key seems to be that there are few rentals available so the bathroom may be overlooked. I agree that its detrimental to have the bathroom off the kitchen but thats more so if he was selling. With a rental people overlook stuff like that because they are not actually buying it.

Yorkie1

I lived in such a house for 13 years and it didn't bother me in the slightest.

hollyh

What do you think the damage would be if he were selling? He's keeping his options open, although i don't think he will sell as he loves that house and will want to keep some ties to it.

gemmalouanna

hollyh wrote: »

What do you think the damage would be if he were selling? He's keeping his options open, although i don't think he will sell as he loves that house and will want to keep some ties to it.

Is there any scope to put a toilet upstairs?

puddy

i think it depends on the type of property, in old sweet cottages you often find bathrooms downstairs


however, to take a 2 bed house with an upstairs bathroom and move the bathroom to an extension off the kitchen is crazy to me

if i were going to put an extension on a house like that, with a plan to renting it as separate rooms or even a full house, i would have put an ensuite instead of the utility room and a small bedroom instead of the bathroom, then you can rent that room out, plus the 2 bedrooms upstairs and everyone shares the bathroom

if it was for my own purposes, i would make a 'snug' or study in the extension and put a sofa bed in there so that when guests stay there is extra room

why someone would take a bathroom out and move it next to a kitchen i have no idea

seven-day-weekend

teeni wrote: »

my bathroom is downstairs by the kitchen, very beneficial when the kids were small and coming in to use the loo.

It has never caused us any issues and i dont really understand why people are against them, perhaps it is just what you are used to.

I agree with this, it is really useful when you have small children.

We have the kitchen -then a little lobby with the back door in - then the bathroom.

Not only that, my bathroom only has a shower (removed the bath last year and had a lovely shower put in) and we have nothing upstairs.

I would like something upstairs, but not at the expense of losing a bedroom.

Doesn't bother me. We've lived with it since 1976

split_second

if it was the only bathroom in the house it would put me off

but...................

that sort of thing isnt the norm round here, some houses have them in other areas and its normal round there