En Suite bathroom
Are en suite bathrooms a good thing or a bad thing? They seem kind of silly to me. But they seem to be touted by some. The irascible Rob the Butterfly (“Don’t poop where you sleep!”) and the gallant DaveinBedStuy (“Oh, the luxury of pooping where you sleep!”) — two enjoyable favorites on this site…
Are en suite bathrooms a good thing or a bad thing?
They seem kind of silly to me. But they seem to be touted by some.
The irascible Rob the Butterfly (“Don’t poop where you sleep!”) and the gallant DaveinBedStuy (“Oh, the luxury of pooping where you sleep!”) — two enjoyable favorites on this site — are forever battling this point, sometimes playfully, sometimes distractingly.
But what do others think?
Perhaps all of us together can settle this point once and for all.
I have one and I like it. Im sure i would like it even more if we had children or other people living with us. It makes the master bedroom feel a little more luxurious and private.
the ensuite thing seems anal retentive to me (lol)… i build enough of them in massive lofts (7br, 8 baths) ..but it makes no sense in a brownstone, unless you have poopy privacy neuroses
We plan to add an en suite bath to our master bedroom. But in our house we have an extra alcove room in our master plus a good size walk-in closet either of which could be used to create the master bath without cutting into the bedroom space. I really think once our son is school age I want him to have his own bathroom to use, the one in the upstairs hallway, so both he and I have privacy. My husband already uses the bathroom in the basement exclusively. A house like ours on our street that did add a master en suite bath just went into contract for a much higher price than has been achieved here before so it’s clear the en suite bath is a good investment for resale. I think our future en suite bath would pay for itself.
I like mine. Yes, you have to have another full bath as well. shillstoner will rant about carving up those small victorian rooms with two entrances.
I had shower with glass wall in the middle of the hotel room in Luxembourg. I do not think it would work well if I would share room with somebody. Even a loose European girl.
I also had glass wall in Roppongi residence. Apparently so you can watch TV from the shower. But they had shades so to make environment private if necessary.
in two words – I would not recommend it.
It depends, really. Depends on whether there was one originally and, if not, what was sacrificed to get one in.
As to the practicality, the house I used to live in had one, and it was very convenient. In fact, it was on my “must have” list before I encountered the realities of family-sized places in Brooklyn. Now we have a powder room downstairs and a full bathroom upstairs, I found that I don’t miss the ensuite bathroom at all. The guests use the powder room, and our schedules do not create shower traffic in the morning.
What makes absolutely no sense, though, is the ensuite half-bathroom.
Seperate bathrooms, BrooklynGreene? One for each half of the couple? Hmmm… sounds like a good idea.
This would help keep personal hygene personal. And it would eliminate the toilet seat power struggle.
Ideally, neither of the two bathrooms would be en suite, right?
I have to laugh…I hadn’t actually fully admitted to myself and been confirmed by something I am able to read in Zeebee’s post. I too find the sound of the husband unit brushing his teeth a bit annoying…although I’m so used to it, it’s also kind of comforting, familiar. He is a loud toothbrusher…sounds like a train chugging along! The only way I don’t hear it is when he’s on another floor.
I think “en suite” bathrooms are fine and really, pretty convenient. It’s really a luxury for most because it implies there is at least one other bathroom in the living space. Now, if you live in a studio or small apartment, yes, everything is en suite, I agree.
What no one is talking about here or ever seems to bring up on Brownstoner is his and hers (hers and hers, his and his) bathrooms. Either two bathrooms off one bedroom suite or some other arrangement. It’s not uncommon.
I hate hearing toilet sounds, teeth being brushed, etc. Count me in the ‘no ensuite’ camp.