Modern house designs and bathrooms

cloo

:question:Yes, this trend has mystified me. Why do you need 1.25 bathrooms per person? I think one main one and an en suite is enough up to 5 people, which is most households.

I see a lot of new builds where there could be something more useful rather than another two bathrooms.

I suppose the idea is that it's a 'luxury' not to have to share your bathroom with anyone else, especially to people who are spending an increasing proportion of their adult lives sharing all non-bedroom space with their peers.

We have recently added an en-suite to our previously unmodernised 4 bed house, which previously had just the one bathroom and downstairs loo. No loo in the en suite as the plumbing would have been very complicated and expensive. At some point we may extend to the loft, which would involved another bedroom and bathroom (which we'd be able to have a loo in).

Silvertabby

People seem to want 'more and better' and the builders are just going with the flow (pun intended).

My grandmother was brought up when the concept of one 'privvy' between 6 houses was the norm - so she thought she was well posh when she got married and moved into a house which had its own private toilet in the back yard.

My mother was brought up with aforesaid outside toilet and a tin bath. When she moved into a house with a proper bathroom - even though it only contained a bath and a wash basin as the toilet was still outside - she thought she was blessed. Then, when the local council gave out grants to fit indoor toilets, she thought she was lady muck! She still insisted on keeping the outside toilet, though, and couldn't understand why the estate agent was reluctant to list it as a 'desirable asset' when they came to sell.

Then when I got married our first home was an Armed Forces married quarter with a bathroom AND a downstairs cloakroom - unbelievable luxury in mum's eyes!

We now live in a 4 bedroom house with a family bathroom, en-suite and downstairs cloakroom, which we bought as a new build in the early 1990s. Mum never did get her head round the fact that we had 3 toilets for just the two of us!

A bathroom, an en-suite and a cloakroom then became the minimum expectation - so anyone who wants to 'better the Jones' has to rack up the bathroom count.

SingleSue

We have one bathroom which consists of a bath and a sink and room which houses the loo (no sink).

It worked fine for a family of five when the children were small, it can be annoying as a family of four adults and even more so now that I have mobility issues as on bad days, I have to stay upstairs so that I can reach the toilet!

Re the no sink in the loo, we use anti bac hand gel until we come out and then wash our hands in the bathroom. There would be no space for a sink in our loo, it barely fits the toilet in to be honest (do have a lovely window though)

Cloth_of_Gold

I'd like to have an ensuite bathroom (but only if I lived in a house or a very large flat) but it would need to be a decent size. Often they are squeezed in and quite pokey with little showers. I'd rather have one bathroom that was pretty big than 2, 3 or even 4 pokey ones.

scottishblondie

We have a 4 bedroom townhouse with 2 en-suites with showers, a family bathroom and a ground floor loo. The only one I feel is a bit wasted on us currently is the 2nd en-suite, but once we have teenage kids I expect it will really come to the fore!

seven-day-weekend

tomatoandcheese wrote: »

We are currently attempting to buy a relatively new 2 bed flat. It has two bathrooms! Why I have no idea. We'd quite like to turn the one that is ensuite to the master bedroom into a walk in wardrobe or storage cupboard but were worried that people now expect more than one bathroom even in a small flat. Good to see there is still some sanity in the world!

We have a rental flat that has two bedrooms, an ensuite and a main bathroom.

Our static caravan has two bedrooms, a shower room and an ensuite toilet and basin.

Our bungalow, that we live in, has two bedrooms and one bathroom

Marvel1

glasgowdan wrote: »

To you, perhaps. I can barely be bothered cleaning two toilets never mind 4

1 is bad enough.

Hermia

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Where I live, kids usually have their own bathroom. Sometimes one each.

I generally think it's a good thing.

Adult bathrooms have different requirements to child bathrooms. Adult bathrooms lean towards large showers, extra counter space and luxury (non kid friendly) bath tubs and the child bathroom type is smaller with an easier access bathtub and overall more practicality for smaller people.

I know that a lot of American houses have that, but houses are generally much bigger over there. Most people I know over here have small - medium sized houses so a bathroom per bedroom pretty much means the bedroom will be so small it won't have room for a wardrobe or a chest of drawers.

I wish there was a trend for well-designed and clever storage solutions in new build homes. I have rented so many where there are no build-in cupboards at all and the shape and sizes of the room make it very hard to get furniture to fit.

clint_S

Having lived in both a 4 bed with 4 bathrooms (2 ensuite and 1 main and a downstairs toilet) and a 4 bed with only 1 bathroom I can say the four bathrooms is much easier to live with. Having to wait for someone to finish their shower so you could do a poo is not something I want to go back to. I currently live in a 4 bed with 3 bathrooms, one ensuite, one family bathroom, and a toilet downstairs, with 3 older children all "needing" a shower at the same time the 4 bathrooms was much easier with less fighting about who is having the shower now.

amateur_house

SingleSue wrote: »

We have one bathroom which consists of a bath and a sink and room which houses the loo (no sink).

It worked fine for a family of five when the children were small, it can be annoying as a family of four adults and even more so now that I have mobility issues as on bad days, I have to stay upstairs so that I can reach the toilet!

Re the no sink in the loo, we use anti bac hand gel until we come out and then wash our hands in the bathroom. There would be no space for a sink in our loo, it barely fits the toilet in to be honest (do have a lovely window though)

We have one bathroom with the loo in the same room and 5 adults in the house. I spend a lot of time queueing. I am starting to see the attraction of chamber pots, they seem very handy to have under the bed.