Would you buy a house that didn't have a family bathroom?

shireknight

My 3 bedroom house has a tiny bathroom and a separate toilet, at the time I thought it was a genius idea because it means you can have a leisurely bath/shower/shave and other people can still use the toilet, however it now occurs to me that I've never seen a house that has this kind of set up before so now I'm wondering if I've brought some kind of white elephant which may cause me problems when I come to sell in the future.

I was single when I brought and still single now so don't think from a family point of view but of course single buyers are few and far between nowdays and will only get rarer as time goes on so when I come to sell it will almost certainly be to a young family.

Would you buy a house that didn't have a family bathroom?

da_rule

There are a few houses like this still about and it's not something I have a strong opinion on either way. I can see the benefits and costs. If the rooms are next to each other then would it be possible to knock them through into one room?

My gran used to have this kind if set up in her old house. The only downside was that there was no wash hand basin in the toilet. When she moved out, the new owners renovated and knocked the room into one (they were next to each other) and now have a large family bathroom.

ConfusedofYorkshire

Don't think the seperateness would bother me. But the tiny bathroom might as I have a small child and bath time needs room. Does the toilet has a sink?

mummyroysof3

Seperate toilet wouldn't bother me and neither would small bathroom tbh

Leo2020

My parents house is like this, and I wish mine was! It is very handy when someone needs to go to the toilet but someone else is in the bath.

Downside is there is no wash basin though but I could live with that (I did until I move out in my early twenties).

By the way I have one toddler and a baby on the way.

Campervanman

I have house plan books going back to the 1930's and it seems to be the most popular set up at least until the early 1960's so you are not alone! The reasons it was prefered is because in those days most small/medium size new houses only had one bathroom. Now of course they have 2 or more loos. There are real advantages - the reasons you thought about when you bought. The two downsides are no small handbasin in the loo - easily fixed, and potentially not enough room around the tub to bath the kids. If folks felt strongly about it they would put knocking the two together on their refurbishment list for the house. Cant see it being a deal breaker for most though.

Kynthia

Most older houses had this, it's just that most people knocked them through as it made a good sized bathroom. Look at some people's bathrooms and if there's a second small window above the toilet there's a good chance it used to be two rooms. If it was the only toilet in the house then like you I think it's great to have it seperate. The only thing is that I'd recommend having a small hand basin in installed there.

duchy

I grew up in a house with a separate toilet too and do miss it.
How much space do you really need in a bathroom anyway ?

I think it's just one of those things that depends what you are accustomed to.

I can'r see it been a dealbreaker for most people and some would regard it as an advantage. Nothing worse than just getting in the bath for a relaxing soak and a plaintive voice asking if you are going to be long !

Pixie5740

A friend of mine has a similar set up in her house. The room with a toilet doesn't have a wash hand basin and I can't help but imagine all the pee pee fingers touching door handles to get to the basin in the bathroom or the kitchen sink. A set up like that wouldn't put me off as long as there is space to add a sink.

davidmcn

Why would families want the toilet in the same room as the bath (more than anyone else)? If anything it's more advantageous the more people are in the household.

Anyway, I've lived with this set-up before and it was fine. Did have a sink in the toilet though. And it wouldn't really have added much to the space to knock them together.

princeofpounds

The set-up makes a lot of sense, aside from the smaller room size appearing a bit cramped sometimes, as long as there is a basin in the toilet.

In many other countries this is the default, in the UK we are a bit weird in combining them most of the time.

It's a bit like separate hot and cold taps - much of europe had been on mixer taps for decades before they became mainstream here.