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  • gfplux
    gfplux Posts: 4,985 Forumite
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    Here in Luxembourg it is not unusual to have a sauna in the basement. I have no idea of the statistics but what is wrong with turning a small room or part of a room into a sauna.
    There will be no Brexit dividend for Britain.
  • clobber_2
    clobber_2 Posts: 472 Forumite
    gfplux wrote: »
    Here in Luxembourg it is not unusual to have a sauna in the basement. I have no idea of the statistics but what is wrong with turning a small room or part of a room into a sauna.

    Nothing wrong with it at all. Apart from the fact that every time the british try and copy a continental model of anything we !!!! it up completely... (cf 24 hour drinking)
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    hale is in cheshire - but £600 k ????????

    i'd quite like a sauna at home - i can't see anything wrong with doing what you want inside your own home as long as its legal
  • clobber_2
    clobber_2 Posts: 472 Forumite
    clutton wrote: »
    hale is in cheshire - but £600 k ????????

    i'd quite like a sauna at home - i can't see anything wrong with doing what you want inside your own home as long as its legal

    I don't really see the point unless you can afford the buff scandinavian to do the vigorous massages as well.
  • clobber_2
    clobber_2 Posts: 472 Forumite
    Oh and that sounded considerably more filthy than I intended, sorry about that!
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    gfplux wrote: »
    ...what is wrong with turning a small room or part of a room into a sauna.

    It's just not British.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I've never been in a sauna. Having one in a house would put me off. I'd rather have an en-suite bathroom in the space probably.

    It'd put me off because I'd never use it and it'd cost me time/money/stress getting rid of itfor something I wanted in there.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    Sauna room = airing cupboard
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    ""don't really see the point unless you can afford the buff scandinavian to do the vigorous massages as well.""

    are you offering ?? -- yes pleeeease !!!
  • WillowCat
    WillowCat Posts: 974 Forumite
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    I lived in Finland for a while and it was perfectly normal for even the smallest of flats to either have a private sauna, or at worst a communal facility.

    DH and I love them, and are seriously considering putting one in to our next house (or even this one if we don't sell it!). The actual heaters are less than £100 if you buy them in Scandinavia, plus the cost of wiring (similar to a powerful electric shower) and of course fitting out with all of the insulation, wood trim etc. I'd expect to have change from £1000 in total (DIY).

    I don't quite understand the reactions? :confused:
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