Houses with downstairs bathrooms

missbiggles1

SailorSam wrote: »

How far is that, what do you call a comfortable commute, how long will it take.
Up here anything over 10mls or 30mins i think of as a long way.
And my big 3bed semi is probably not worth £240k.

Just over half an hour to London Bridge - depending where you work, a very reasonable commute.

ultimatedingbat

My Mum and Dad are only just after 24 years of living in their currnet house putting a bathroom upstairs. It has always been downstairs

emily377

My partner and I (first time buyers) are close to exchanging on a three bed house in the South East with a downstairs bathroom. When we first saw it on Right Move I was adamant I wouldn't like it because of the downstairs bathroom but we both fell in love with the house straight away and I really can't see it causing an issue.

I think it will be really handy for when we have friends over/BBQ's in the summer and also for when our elderly grandparents pop in who find it difficult using the stairs. Hope that helps!

artyclarty

The house I grew up in had a layout like this (although a 3 bed) and my parents hated it. In the end, they extended over the kitchen and reversed the staircase in order to get the upstairs landing facing the correct way. They ended up with a master bed, a slightly smaller 2nd bedroom and a box room as well as the upstairs bathroom. Probably a bit pricy to do on top of that rather steep price.

seven-day-weekend

I never minded the downstairs bathroom in the house that I had lived in for nearly forty years and recently sold.

I've still got a downstairs bathroom in the home I have now (it's a bungalow!).

teddysmum

I was raised (1950s) in a terrace like that but with no bathroom and a toilet at the end of the yard. When my parents bought the house in the early 60s my dad put a bath in the kitchen (only drainage with hot water coming from the washer/boiler).It was real luxury when Dad built a proper separate bathroom at the end of the kitchen. (See how deprived we baby boomers were.)


Our house has the usual upstairs bathroom (no multiple loos), but our son rented, after leaving home, and three of his rentals had kitchen end bathrooms. We have all survived and Son now has three toilets and two bathrooms.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

The consensus seems to be that while many people don't really mind them, and a few like like them, the people who hate them really hate them and they won't even look at your house in the future.

Therefore, if you have a choice, all things being equal, you'd be better advised to buy an upstairs bathroom house ... or have one installed before you come to sell.

My impression is that if you have two bathrooms with one downstairs, the downstairs one is more acceptable as a shower rather than bath room. People can shower off mud or wash dogs in there!

All other things are never equal though. Houses with a downstairs bathroom are cheaper than their equivalents with upstairs bathrooms.

The answer to this question is exactly the same as all the other "would you buy...." questions...it's something that puts some people off, and therefore lowers the value of the house. What matters is the individual opinion of the buyer, and paying the right price for it.

GoldenShadow

Not for me. Its worse by the fact you have to go through the whole house to get there, too.

Our house is a 2 bed. Most on the road are a three bed with downstairs bathroom. The people who had ours before us knocked the bathroom into the kitchen and used the smallest bedroom upstairs and turned that into a bathroom. I much prefer this, and the bigger kitchen is lovely (and means our conservatory is off the kitchen not the lounge which I prefer too). Lots of them do have an upstairs loo though, which does redeem it a fair bit I would say.

ellie27

If its a 2 bed I would be assuming there will be no (or maybe 1 max) children living there so no upstairs loo wouldnt be a problem.

[Deleted User]

I lived in a house with a loo downstairs and bathroom upstairs. Definitely the best option of all. Up until recently I lived in a terraced house with a big extension on the ground floor and the bathroom was in a hall way off the kitchen, next to the back door.

But I have to be honest, I didn't mind at all. As my younger son has ASD and gets calls of nature very late, I did learn to move his PC downstairs though to save accidents. But as we were downstairs most of the time, the bathroom being downstairs seemed the most logical place. Certainly no chance ever of having to use one of those potty chairs if elderly (happened to my gran with an upstairs bathroom).

However it does have to be said that it would have been perfectly possible to convert my bedroom (which was very large) so it had an ensuite.