Only one bathroom - and it's downstairs with no bath!

easilydistracted

We're planning to buy in a year or so and checking out what's around currently. The first thing I do when I see a potential property is look at the floorplan. If there's no room for a bathroom upstairs it's a straight no. If the space is there but we'd need to convert it at some point to upstairs the rest would have to be perfect and we'd probably still pay less. Some of my friends who share dont really care at all. With the size of your house I think you would be looking at families, the majority of whom would probably be put off. To be honest when you describe the size of your house it seems like it could do with a couple of bathrooms (or separate toilet at least), but maybe I'm just greedy!

seven-day-weekend

easilydistracted wrote: »

We're planning to buy in a year or so and checking out what's around currently. The first thing I do when I see a potential property is look at the floorplan. If there's no room for a bathroom upstairs it's a straight no. If the space is there but we'd need to convert it at some point to upstairs the rest would have to be perfect and we'd probably still pay less. Some of my friends who share dont really care at all. With the size of your house I think you would be looking at families, the majority of whom would probably be put off. To be honest when you describe the size of your house it seems like it could do with a couple of bathrooms (or separate toilet at least), but maybe I'm just greedy!

I agree. I'm just not sure whether I want to lose half a bedroom to get it.

Poppy9

I would put a bathroom en-suite in the loft conversion as at least you then have a bathroom as well as shower room.

My first house had 4 beds but no upstairsbathroom, only downstairs one off kitchen. We kept a downstairs loo but lost a bedroom to install an upstairs bathroom. It did make the house easier to sell.

easilydistracted

I reckon making sure the bathroom downstairs is really nice and changing the shower for a bath/ shower combo, then putting a small en suite in the loft conversion with at least a toilet and preferably a shower in would make all the difference. I think it also depends exactly where the downstairs bathroom is. For instance if its by the stairs wouldn't bother me too much, if its through the kitchen it would be a deal-breaker.

seven-day-weekend

The bathroom is at the back of the house. There is the kitchen, then a lobby with the back door in, then the bathroom off that.

Ulfar

Can you even advertise it as a bathroom with no bath. Thought it had to be listed as a shower room for property description.

If you do list it as a bathroom and there is no bath then it would put me completely off buying, the fact it is downstairs makes it worse. When you need to go to the loo in the night you would be wide awake by the time getting back to bed, whereas if it was upstairs your brain is still half asleep and you drift back off to sleep easily.

pinkshoes

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

The house has two bedrooms, large loft conversion,

Bedroom-wise, it's a family home with 3 bedrooms.

Bathroom-wise, it's target market would tend to be perhaps couples with no mobility problems and perhaps no kids living at home.

Having to go from the loft bedroom down two flights of stairs, then through the kitchen to go pee would drive me insane, so I'd only consider the property if there was a toilet on one of the other floors.

The downstairs shower would be fine, although I'd prefer a shower over a bath, as you get both options then, and I've never really minded stepping into the bath to shower.

tbs624

Poppy9 wrote: »

I would put a bathroom en-suite in the loft conversion as at least you then have a bathroom as well as shower room.

My first house had 4 beds but no upstairsbathroom, only downstairs one off kitchen. We kept a downstairs loo but lost a bedroom to install an upstairs bathroom. It did make the house easier to sell.

How do you know? Had you tried selling it previously without the upstairs bathroom?

mildred1978

OP, I lived in a 3 bed Victorian mid-terrace as a singleton for 9 years. It had 3 double bedrooms upstairs and a bathroom in an mextension off the kitchen at the back. Was never a problem to me and I sold it before it even went on the market for the full asking price. Gad I stayed I'd have converted the loft into a master bedroom with ensuite, taking a bit of space from the huge front bedroom for the stairs and ending up with 4 double beds, 2 loos and kept the bathroom downstairs.

tbs624

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Thankyou, that is how we feel too, and round here it is expected that this sort of house might well have a downstairs bathroom.

I'm glad there are at least a few people who would not be bothered by the downstairs location. It has never been a problem to us in 38 years of owning the house!

There are of course whole areas of Victorian houses where many of the properties will be as you describe.

I'd rather trek downstairs to use the bathroom than have less bedroom space.

What's wrong with these people - have they never heard of a "gazunder"