The mind boggles

guppy

WillowCat wrote: »

I don't quite understand the reactions?

Ok, there's nothing wrong with it per se. Its just a bit naff.

Its just IMO 99% of people in Britain wouldn't really want or need one. Sort of like installing a bar in your living room in Saudi Arabia. Fine if that suits you, but its probably not going to be a big selling point if you move

Plus I'd be worried about damp. Not from the bar...the sauna.

clobber_2

How much would they cost you to heat the things though? It just tickled me, I'm sure it's quite nice but I'd rather have more space. I use the sauna at the gym a lot.

As for en-suites - I have never understood why you would want a toilet in your bedroom (unless you are physically incapable of getting to a loo any further away) - it's bad enough being in the same HOUSE as a toilet when my OH has been eating curry.

clutton_2

""my OH has been eating curry."" definitely tooooo much info !!!

i'd just lurve one also willowcat - take no note of these luddites !!!

TTMCMschine

I had a friend several years ago who had a really nice flat. He'd installed a sauna in the bedroom, but it got used as a wardrobe!

PasturesNew

If there was one it'd probably make a good clothes drying area. Somewhere to put my clothes horses out of sight.

I've never had a tumble drier and wouldn't. So I use the line in a garden if it's dry and I am about, but if it's wet or winter or I'm at work, then clothes need to be dried inside on a series of clothes airers.

WillowCat

clobber wrote: »

As for en-suites - I have never understood why you would want a toilet in your bedroom (unless you are physically incapable of getting to a loo any further away) - it's bad enough being in the same HOUSE as a toilet when my OH has been eating curry.

Totally agree about the en-suite - the smell, the noise...... It's bad enough when I'm on my own!

Actually the planning permission I've had drawn up includes an en-suite, more out of convention really, but either that's the sauna room or it's a shower and basin only (no loo) or there's a ruddy great big lock on the toilet seat so it never gets used!:j

Davesnave

When viewing a farm in Wales earlier this year, I was somewhat surprised to find that the most modern part was a sauna, which was almost a new build.... and in a field! The owner explained that he had a Scandinavian side to his family.
We could find little merit in the farm itself. We left feeling a little sorry for the owners, neither of whom looked well, mainly because we imagined they'd have a long wait, especially with the market turning.

The farm sold two weeks later. It was obviously the sauna that clinched it for them.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

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.

My parents' house, bought in the mid 1990s, had a sauna in the biggest bathroom. It's rarely been used as a sauna, and my mother uses it as a handily-sized airing cupboard for sheets, towels, etc.