Is it necessary to have a master bathroom?

ey143

Assuming a house has an en suite to each of the double bedrooms on the first floor and has a W.C on the ground floor, would it be a bad idea to getting rid of a master bathroom in the house? Would it make it difficult to sell later?

DigForVictory

I wouldn't as I have children & limiting the damage at bathtime is made easier by confining them to one room.
(I regard ensuites as a chore which I have to spend extra time cleaning rather than a luxurious must-have.)

If you want your house to appeal to childfree couples, maybe you don't need a Master Bathroom, but if you keep it, and all its plumbing, you maintain more opportunities.

Paully232000

DigForVictory wrote: »

I wouldn't as I have children & limiting the damage at bathtime is made easier by confining them to one room.
(I regard ensuites as a chore which I have to spend extra time cleaning rather than a luxurious must-have.)

If you want your house to appeal to childfree couples, maybe you don't need a Master Bathroom, but if you keep it, and all its plumbing, you maintain more opportunities.

I couldnt have put it better myself.

We have a bathroom and ensuite/downstairs WC and wouldn't have looked at the house if didn't have a master bathroom. But having said that if you dont have children, dont intend to sell, and better for you to have more space rather than a master bathroom then go for it, but i would think of the chore if i ever had to/wanted to put it back.

gnimia

I don't have children and still agree with both the above!
I see en-suites as a waste of space, and in my two bed house would rather have one reasonable (smalll!) bathroom than two teeny ones.

Plus more cleaning, more maintenance, more piles of loo rolls. Maybe if you were putting a bedroom in its place, but still!

flea72

If all bedrooms have ensuite, and at least one of them has a bath, then i dont see the need for a master bathroom too.

What would you use the room for, if its no longer a bathroom?

Mind_the_Gap

I think it would make it difficult to sell.

flea72

Im just wondering why people think a master bathroom is necessary, if all bedrooms have ensuite?

Also the point about extra loo rolls and cleaning. If all bedrooms have ensuite and you retain a master bathroom, then technically you are increasing the rooms needing cleaning/loo rolls

I understand that young children wont use an ensuite in their own bedroom, but what stops them being bathed in their parents ensuite, if you want to limit rooms being used?

As a parent of 3 girls, if each had their own ensuite our lives would be much easier as we wouldnt have the morning arguments about whose turn it is, and who didnt replace the loo roll, in the master bathroom

Paully232000

flea72 wrote: »

Im just wondering why people think a master bathroom is necessary, if all bedrooms have ensuite?

Also the point about extra loo rolls and cleaning. If all bedrooms have ensuite and you retain a master bathroom, then technically you are increasing the rooms needing cleaning/loo rolls

I understand that young children wont use an ensuite in their own bedroom, but what stops them being bathed in their parents ensuite, if you want to limit rooms being used?

As a parent of 3 girls, if each had their own ensuite our lives would be much easier as we wouldnt have the morning arguments about whose turn it is, and who didnt replace the loo roll, in the master bathroom

When I made my point I was assuming (rightly or wrongly) that all the OPs ensuites do not have baths in them as in mine they are just showers/toilet/sink.
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ey143

Thx for your replies.

Each of the en suites will have at least a bath tub but of course some of the en suites may not be that big - perhaps 2m x 2m approx for the smallest.

The loft area will have its own master bedroom but with a sloping roof line it means a loft room will be 2.3m x 1.4m.

pinkpiglit

We've just bought a two bed flat in central London. The main bedroom has an ensuite and the spare bedroom will use the master. We also have a separate WC.

Even if the second bedroom came with its own ensuite, I'd have been hesitant about buying if it didn't have a master bathroom. (And we are a couple without kids, and no plans on having them).

Just my two pence worth.

lostinrates

ey143 wrote: »

Thx for your replies.

Each of the en suites will have at least a bath tub but of course some of the en suites may not be that big - perhaps 2m x 2m approx for the smallest.

The loft area will have its own master bedroom but with a sloping roof line it means a loft room will be 2.3m x 1.4m.

We have done things differently.

We too plan a bathroom per room ( or maybe one less. All but one (or two) are en suites. This is because we might use our property for B and B some time in the future. However we have opted NOT to put baths in all. This is because of water conservation. We're opting for beautiful higher standard than average shower options instead, though a couple will have baths in too. The master bathroom was a bedroom and a cot room knocked together and has a bath and a walk in wet room in it, It will serve either one bedroom (opposite it) or possibly two, but will be a bath option for all when there are small children.


What suits I think depends entirely on where you are and the property. A two bedroom flat in an area of A city used as much as flat shares, en suites are probably as useful or more so. For us, a property that could be a family home or have a commercial use, flexibility seems wise. The average family home? I wouldn't want children at the age they had finally reached the age of ability to bathe themselves tramping through the bedroom when my husband and I had time for each other in a meaning ful way .