En suite or not?!

Post by **indigolemon** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:08 pm

It's nice to have a private place to poop when you have guests round. But if the bedroom is tiny, ditch it.

Post by **PreludePete** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:52 pm

En-Suite definitely, but make sure it has a (quiet!) externally vented extractor!

Presume you can still get a double or King size bed in the bedroom?

No decision problem with a Prelude, too small space available and the rear windows don't open!

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:54 am

Shiny wrote:The older you get, the closer you wish the toilet was, especially at night.

Dat true.
If all the other loos are downstairs and the en-suite is upstairs, it's time to help the aged.
Houses tend to sell on number of rooms rather than square footage, which I think is odd, and en-suites do aid agent-speak.

But unless you want to move already, it's about who's in the house now, not re-sale. Do what the missus wants!

SuperTom86 · Post by **SuperTom86** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:32 pm

Obviously depends on what space sacrifices have had to be made with the bedroom to allow the en suite...but if the bedroom is a decent size, I would definitely go for the en suite.

I grew up in a house with only a single regular bathroom upstairs and would never have cared about an en suite. But after living in 2 of my own houses with them, I would be lost without one! Love being able to go to the toilet/wash up in the morning etc without having to leave the bedroom! Not that walking down the hall to the main bathroom would be that big a task right enough....lol

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:03 am

SuperTom86 wrote:Love being able to go to the toilet/wash up in the morning etc without having to leave the bedroom!

That's just habit though, or do you live in a house full of fit girls?

Does it have to be an ensuite? Why not just a second bath/shower room usable by all?

I find it strange that if you lived in a bedsit where your living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom were all in the same room, imagine the joy you'd have when you finally moved into a house where everything was in its own separate room! Yet people love a pokey little substandard shower room joined to their bedroom? I'd feel like I lived in a Travelodge!

I definitely get needing a second toilet, and yeah ok maybe a second shower, but why does it have to be confined to a bedroom?

The further away weeing noises and even showering noises are when I'm trying to sleep/lie-in the better!

Post by **tom023** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:13 am

Depends on who is in the house. At my house we dont have en suites and I dont feel I need one. When I stay at the in-laws though my gf has one in her bedroom and it is nice to the doody and not have to worry about the mother in law dying from the fumes.
I assume resale value would be better saying the house has an en suite.

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89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:05 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:That's just habit though, or do you live in a house full of fit girls?

If you do that, then the first thing to do... Is rip out all en-suites

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:07 pm

And doors

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:11 pm

Post by **Gayno** » Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:26 pm

We've decided not to go for the en-suite.

Mainly due to the cost of refitting it, and that is based on the fact there's only myself and Mrs Gayno here so we don't NEED a second bath/shower, and there's no plans for little Gaynos in the near/mid future either!

We have second toilet downstairs so that's covered.

We're going to cap the waste pipes though, so if living arrangements change we can fit one back in the future if we decide we want one, or if when we come to sell the increase in value is greater than the cost of install.

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