Browse Forums General Discussion Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 42Jul 10, 2009 12:01 am I want people to have to trudge through the house to get to the toilet so that they have to look at all the lovely things I am putting all this effort into We have one in the ensuite bathroom, but it's seperate so you can shut the door. The other is between the laundry and bathroom. I didn't put any thought into it as it was just part of our plan, but now after reading all this I'm glad it's positioned there! Kara Building with Ventura homes (WA) Building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20516 Slab: 17/04/10, Bricking started: 12/05/10, Bricking finished: 2/06/10, Roof frame done: 11/06/10, Colorbond on: 14/07/10, Lock Up: 19/08/10, Cabinets: 25/08/10, Tiling done: 28/09/10, Electrical: 2/10/10, PCI: 29/10/10, Keys: 4/11/10 Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 43Jul 10, 2009 5:10 pm We had this dilemma while design our home. We both thought 3 toilets was overkill as it wasn't a far walk to use either toilet in case of an "emergency". A 3rd toilet also meant I had to find the space. We settled on a toilet that was near the kids area, so the kids could use it, but not in the middle of the kids area so people wouldn't have to walk past their bedrooms to access it. It also has it's own vanity as I am not a fan of going to the toilet, then walking into the bathroom to wash your hands. We could have played around with the laundry/study area and fit a powder room in, but we didn't feel it was worth sacrificing the rooms to fit a 3rd toilet in a single level home. We also figure that if it does get noisy when friends come over, they can use our ensuite. Due to the design and how we wanted the master bedroom in it's own little wing, but needing to face the backyard, you don't have to walk through the bedroom to get to the ensuite. Hopefully the once a week we have guests around doesn't bother the kiddies too much Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 44Jul 14, 2009 11:59 pm I think sometimes a lot of builders have it wrong - not so much in the placement, moreso in the privacy. We've walked through many PD/AVJ/volume builders (and smaller ones too) display homes, and you walk to the ensuite, only to see the toilet - all in the one room - AND NO DOOR TO THE ENSUITE ! No matter how well you know someone or how long you've lived with them - you can't go for nature calls if your partner's in the bed and you're 2 metres away blowing the bum trumbone !!!! We're lucky, there's a door at least to the ensuite Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 45Jul 15, 2009 9:11 am I have never cared if the toilet is kept seperate in it's own room within the ensuite as it's a personal space that usually is only used by two people. An open toilet in the ensuite is fine to me. I can't understand though, as you said, why a lot of display homes don't have ensuite doors. Apart from the privacy issue, toilet "noises" and someone just having a shower can be annoying when you are in bed. There is also the issue of the lighting in the ensuite that cannot be blocked off if you want it to be. Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 46Jul 15, 2009 9:29 am jbdave and pauljulian,there are whole threads on this forum about the no-door ensuite issue, most people against the idea, makes you wonder why builders persist with it. I mean, it wouldnt be a money saver, not much involved in adding a simple sliding or hinged door Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 47Jul 15, 2009 9:52 am You're right, it's not that much of a money saver, but I guess a few people would be happy to live with it so they continue to display it that way. The ones who aren't happy will then pay the variation to add a door to the ensuite (and probably the WIR). The builder would be getting a lot more in way of a variation to put them in than he would ever save just by leaving them out. Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 48Jul 15, 2009 10:06 am Ok, I guess it depends on the builder - ours didnt charge anything for variations (unless they were post contract) other than the actual cost of the thing. Doors to ensuite and WIR were included in ours but we did change some other things prior to signing contract. Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 50Jul 15, 2009 1:40 pm I chose option 3. Although there a some oppinions that I have regarding bathrooms/toilets in 2 story homes also..... * House over 40 squares should have atleast 4 toilets. The rest atleast 3 toilets. * Ensuite to main bedroom (I prefer with a door!) * A nice size bathroom downstairs * Main bathroom upstairs * Extra powder room downstairs or outside near alresco/pool I don't understand why builders show homes that are 45 squares or more with a massive laundry and only 1 small powder room and nothing else downstairs (it doesn't appeall to me). DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 51Jul 15, 2009 1:47 pm cant see the need for 4 toilets myself and not everyone has a pool , however the thread is actually about single story homes. fromOP: Quote: And for the sake of argument, I'm talking about single storey homes with an ensuite and one main bathroom. Double storeys generally have a powder room. Beatunn, well, yes, that would solve many problems Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 53Jul 15, 2009 2:10 pm Helyn cant see the need for 4 toilets myself and not everyone has a pool , however the thread is actually about single story homes. fromOP: Quote: And for the sake of argument, I'm talking about single storey homes with an ensuite and one main bathroom. Double storeys generally have a powder room. Beatunn, well, yes, that would solve many problems Yeh I know its about single story homes and I chose option 3. And my dot points were talking about 2 story homes, which is still about toilets lol. I think 2 toilets would be sufficient for a single story home as they would be central to the home (even if it is 40squares or more). But 2 story homes are different like I said in my previous post. And living in a house with 5 toilets, once again, it would sway my position in this argument. DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 54Jul 15, 2009 2:15 pm jodge yup, our house is gonna be about 43 squares, absolutely no reason for us to ever have more than 3 toilets. . . that's quite enough to have to clean! Just looking at your house in your blog! I couldn't see where you would need an extra toilet in your home as it looks great and has a toilet within close proximty where ever you are in the house. I didn't make myself clear but I was talking bout 2 story homes with my dot points. DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 56Jul 15, 2009 2:20 pm jodge wow. . . you have 5 toilets? I think that's more than we have at work, and there are 30 of us! DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 58Jul 15, 2009 2:26 pm mandystoj jodge yup, our house is gonna be about 43 squares, absolutely no reason for us to ever have more than 3 toilets. . . that's quite enough to have to clean! Just looking at your house in your blog! I couldn't see where you would need an extra toilet in your home as it looks great and has a toilet within close proximty where ever you are in the house. I didn't make myself clear but I was talking bout 2 story homes with my dot points. Oh! I see! Thanks for the compliment! We've had to compromise on a few things, but after about 10 iterations of the design, we're starting to like it! haha. Do you have a blog mandy? Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 59Jul 15, 2009 3:21 pm This is the type of thing I was referring to that did my head in! By having a toilet near the living rooms, it doesn't have to be literally off the living room, it can still be seperated by an alcove or small hallway. Here is the plan of a house we were going to build. As standard it had two toilets and we added the third toilet out near the laundry (as did another forumer who built this house). I think that for a house this size, one main toilet up the other end of the house from the main living and outdoor entertaining area is just silly. To go to the toilet from outside, someone has to go through the whole house. It is a design that screams out for a powder room in IMO. http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/joles_photo/scan0001-3.jpg This is the house we are building. The powder room is in a great central position so we didn't feel the need to add another toilet. We actually chose this house over a similar design (Sandhurst) simply because of the position of the powder room! http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u353/joles_photo/scan0005.jpg I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: The placement of the toilet.... modern design fault?? 60Jul 15, 2009 3:31 pm Joles. . . I've just spotted one enormous problem with your floorplan, you've probably never even considered this one . . . IT'S GONNA BE SO DAMN GOOD LIVING THERE THAT YOU'LL NEVER WANT TO GO TO WORK AGAIN!!!!! HOW WILL YOU PAY THE MORTGAGE? Hi all, My first post, we are building a house and can’t decide the layout of the lounge room. We have a large N/W facing window and are wanting to have a wood slow… 0 13731 Move your linen into laundry and access laundry from your present linen space 1 8017 Looking at some of the designs on websites, they are all selling very similar products. I get that you want something stylish. 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