New builds - why so many bathrooms?

Tunney

Tunney

Tunney

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Me and the missus are currently house-hunting and looking for a four bedroom house. Yesterday we looked at a new build house that was fantastic apart from one aspect - it had five (5) bathrooms!

I can understand why having two bathrooms in a two bedroom flat would be attractive but five in a four bedroom house seems like a complete waste of space. If we manage to buy the property, we'll probably have to rip out two of the bathrooms - not something we could particularly afford to do straight away. It also seems such a waste when the developers have obviously spent so much money putting these bathrooms in. :mad:

Why do developers do this?
 
I'm now trying to work out how much it'll cost to rip one out. I assume that I'll need a plumber, electrician (since there won't be any wall sockets in there) and a decorator. I guess it's not the worst problem to have with a new house but still annoying. :)
 
Morba said:
I don't understand why you want to rip them out. What purpose would it serve?
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It would give us bigger bedrooms and more storage space.

I'm not worried about the house being less attractive to buyers when we sell it. With the amount of stamp duty we'll be paying, there's no chance of us moving soon after!
 
Psycho Sonny said:
need more details.

i take it your planning on removing a bathroom downstairs (to use for storage)? of which there are 2?

and another upstairs which is an en-suite (to make the bedroom bigger)
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It's a four storey house.

Basement: 1 bathroom
Ground: 1 WC
1st floor: 2 bathrooms, both en-suite
2nd flor 2 bathrooms, both en-suite

We would probably look at removing one bathroom on either the 1st or 2nd floor, maybe both.

Currently there will only be me and my partner but obviously that could change. :p One of the bedrooms will get converted in a study and I'm calling dibs on a games room until our family expands. But even with all four bedrooms occupied, ripping out two bathrooms would leave us with three bathrooms + one WC.

It's over the 5% stamp duty threshold sadly so we're taking serious money here. There's no way we'll be moving in the next 10 years.
 
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