I don't mind cleaning toilets, but I do mind walking up or down stairs more than I have to, at this point. :|(Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
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I don't mind cleaning toilets, but I do mind walking up or down stairs more than I have to, at this point. :|(Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Two sinks in a bathroom are good for hand washables, though that's about it; I have a bottomless wash tub in my utility room that would be a joke to try to use for anything short of washing a standard poodle. Believe it or not, that was a selling point. :D IMO, they should routinely design houses with baths standard with each bedroom. It makes perfect sense to me. But I could make do with one per floor as long as I lived alone.
I'm not someone who needs an over-large or particularly fancy dwelling, but I know what I like. At this point 900-1200 square feet, a pleasant view, safety, quiet, and convenience are all important to me. And a kitchen that knows its place, which is not in my living room!
It's good, TeacherTerry, that you have some time to look at the possibilities available in your area.
Oh I understand why have two bathrooms if you have more than one person living there. And also if you have more than one floor. I just didn’t get why two bathrooms for one person and on single floor living would be a requirement.
As for Jane’s comment about a bathroom per bedroom—that’s what I see here in my neighborhood as the Victorian replicas are built. More bathrooms, smaller. And it does make sense. When we renovated our house in the early 90s it was the thing to dedicate one Room on the second floor as a very large bathroom. That has gone by the wayside for more bathrooms of smaller square footage.
One of the things I think about for when we get our real estate finalized, if that ever happens (meaning if we get our Herman house renovated) we’re going to have a bunch of small bathrooms. We’re going back to pre-WWII era where bathrooms are small places of necessity, you get in, you get out.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
in that scenario I will have four toilets to clean(3 in Hermann, one in the city) , but not much tile because the rooms are small.
I was describing our Hermann house renovation to architect friends and I found myself apologizing for the size of the bathrooms. And one of them said well you can always bump out the wall and make it bigger, and it was at that moment that I thought to myself wow – I really like the idea of small bathrooms. Why am I apologizing?
And yes, there is no room in a small bathroom for double sinks. Who needs them anyway? We have them in our “big “bathroom in the city and I’ve never once, not once, used them at the same time. We also have one of those giant bathtub with jets that we have never used once, not once.
When I lived in homes with 2 sinks I hated it because of losing the counter space and we never brushed our teeth at the same time. I raised the kids in a house with 1 bathroom and there were 5 of us. Two would have been nice. Tybee, I appreciate the advice but this can’t be dragged out because our income is greatly reduced by splitting. If he rents there’s no money to help me with house bills and we would have to use our savings. Each of us buying a small condo is way cheaper. I plan to list the house 4/1 and find a condo at the same time. We need this time to have him get rid of his junk and I want to get the house into tip-top shape. It would sell fast regardless but the more money we can get the better. We only have 2 weeks supply of homes so really a hot market.
We have one full and one-half bath for 2 people. It is great. I would even be happy if the full bath was just a walk in shower.
Since 1981 we only had 5 years with more than 1 bathroom, and those years were 1 full bath and 1 half bath. We had 3 kids.
It never bothered us ...
Oh - one time we cleaned up an 80 year old toilet in the basement so we would have a spare for emergencies. It was a toilet in a corner. No sink. Ha.
When I was a kid we had one outhouse, well, most of the time we had one, I accidentally burned it to the ground and we were without for a short while. Later we had one bathroom for a family of 7 and to me it felt like quite a luxury.
Today my wife and I have 3 full baths, one for us, one for the grandboys when they're about and one for overnight guests. That seems like the right amount to me.
OK Alan, now you can't just leave us hanging without telling us the story of the fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Probably went there to have a forbidden cigarette and got preoccupied with looking at the Sears Catalogue :devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa