House Design Has Me Stumped

[Deactivated] on 18/03/2019 - 17:04
Last edited 29/03/2019 - 23:10 by 1 other user

Both houses are "no longer available" . I assume that means sold. I wonder if an ozbargainer bought them. Let us know if you did :)

Another day , another dunny problem…

I've been to see this house today. There's a whole lot more to it ( porch at the front, deck at the back and 2 bedrooms and full bath upstairs..)

But here's what puzzled me : once you've been to the toilet, where do you wash your hands?! And yes, in this politically-charged climate, I always ask the tough questions.

P.s: Would you say this is a design flaw? How would you rectify it?

Edited 19/03/2019

Here's another house I've seen today that has no wash basin in the toilet. This one even has an awkward door opening to boot 😒 Who's buying these houses? Would you buy/rent this one? If yes, I might make an offer…:P

Poll Options

  • 7
    In the ensuite basin
  • 21
    In the kitchen sink
  • 150
    In the laundry
  • 6
    I wipe my hands on my pants to clean them
  • 3
    I carry wet wipes
  • 29
    I don't wash my hands
  • 13
    other
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      • [Deactivated] on 19/03/2019 - 20:43

        That door opening though.. would be tricky to open with poo-hands.

        • moneyhungry on 19/03/2019 - 20:49

          And hard to get out of the toilet as you will need to squeeze against the toilet in order for the door to open.

        • [Deactivated] on 19/03/2019 - 20:51

          'Poo-hands' is an actual thing when you're trying to toilet-train a 2 year old.

      • JelIyfish on 19/03/2019 - 20:48

        That’s not normal
        Normal is washing your hands after doing a shit

        • spackbace on 19/03/2019 - 20:53

          Yes, in the bathroom in the very next room.

          • JelIyfish on 19/03/2019 - 21:37
            -3

            @spackbace: Yeah nah…
            You should wash your hands in the same room.
            What you’re saying isn’t normal and isn’t particularly common either.

            • spackbace on 19/03/2019 - 22:09
              +5

              @JelIyfish: What? A toilet in a separate room? Totally normal lol

              House I'm in now - has that
              Previous house - had that
              House 2 before that - had that
              Ex's parents place - has that
              My parents place - has that

              Talking houses from anywhere from 1910 build to 2000s build.

              Very common.

              And here too

              People don't necessarily want the toilet in the bathroom, to allow someone to shower/bath, and the toilet can still be used separately. Normally they're attached to the laundry so you use the sink in there.

              • try2bhelpful on 20/03/2019 - 11:42

                @spackbace: Yup, that was certainly my experience as a kid. Then I also, lived in houses where there was a toilet half way down the backyard because, originally, there was no plumbing and the nightman took away the nightsoil. When plumbing came in they just plumbed up the toilet in situ.

              • JelIyfish on 20/03/2019 - 13:19

                @spackbace: Welcome to the 21st century, I guess.

  • itsdougie on 19/03/2019 - 21:46

    Disposable gloves

  • bmerigan on 19/03/2019 - 21:47

    I agree, both of those designs are flawed.

    That's why you check out the display homes. Carefully.

  • Austaurean on 19/03/2019 - 21:52
    +3

    Typically a toilet by itself you would go to tbe bathroom, my toilet is next to the bathroom.

    Your 1st diagram is an interesting one though, that design i would think should have a small basin in the toilet room, the 2nd one, the house is what i mean by typical, bathroom and toilet are relatively adjacent.

    The 1st diagram being a 1 bedroom 'townhouse' type design, i would say wash in the ensuite. But that doesn't help visitors, that would be laundry or kitchen.

    • [Deactivated] on 19/03/2019 - 21:54

      The 1st diagram is a 3 bedroom house. It has 2 bedrooms upstairs with a full bath (not shown in diagram).

  • Serapis on 19/03/2019 - 22:20

    They should import those Japanese toilets with the faucet on top

    • Austaurean on 20/03/2019 - 08:14

      They do, my dad has one at his place, very water efficient and its great, as you flush, wash hands and then that water fills the cistern. The kids think it's amazing.

    • Mlepnosclay on 20/03/2019 - 18:10

      I believe Caroma does have a product that has this feature, and Toto (japanese plumbing products manufacturer) is available in the Australian market.
      I have seen Toto display centres (In melbourne) in south Melbourne as well as Nunawading.

  • lainey13 on 20/03/2019 - 00:46

    I'm cringing at the design of the second place. What a way to ruin a study. And theres this space in the garage next to the laundry that could have been utilised for a proper powder room! I would avoid because a floor plan is pretty hard to change.

  • Baghern on 20/03/2019 - 11:18

    Get a bidet..

  • Imhereforcomments on 20/03/2019 - 11:32

    Edited 19/05/2019

    • [Deactivated] on 20/03/2019 - 11:34

      Is it still March? Can't be😨

  • subywagon on 20/03/2019 - 14:26

    This is how the Japanese deal with small toilet space.

  • Neptunesblood on 20/03/2019 - 14:48

    People that don’t wash their hands are disgusting.

  • SpaceNinja on 20/03/2019 - 16:09

    The bigger question is where do you wipe your arse? I do not see a toilet paper holder.

  • Mlepnosclay on 20/03/2019 - 18:06

    As per what everyone is saying here, a Japanese style toilet with a integrated basin is a good alternative.

    Another alternative is to check if there is enough wall length to do a cavity slider instead of a swing door. That way you can get into a tight space with better mobility, and potentially allow you to put a small hand basin in the space where the door swing used to be. For this to work successfully the smaller the basin the better.

  • thom on 20/03/2019 - 18:57
    +1

    It's a shame to see so many houses/units/apartments/etc. designed without an architect. Good design is worth paying for.

    Some of these smaller toilets may have originally been designed with narrow in-wall basins. Another option as others have suggested is the basin over the cistern.

  • BradH13 on 20/03/2019 - 20:18
    +1

    I'm a bit late to this chat, but I've only physically been in one house in my entire life that has had a wash basin in the actual standalone toilet room, and that was my ex-partner's parents $2m home.

    I'd just jump over to the laundry to wash my mits in this particular house, assuming there's a sink in it.

    That being said; I don't like the design of the house in general, but the toilet isn't really a factor in that.

  • gomelbcityfc on 20/03/2019 - 23:20

    In the toilet bowl like my 3-yr-old grand-daughter :( no wonder she was getting gastro every other week !!!

    When quizzed by my daughter when she caught her doing it, the child replied she saw it on YouTube.

    Take away point: Don't let your toddlers unsupervised on YouTube. All sorts of s**t on there. Literally.

  • gomelbcityfc on 20/03/2019 - 23:24

    That reminds me… I once saw a spec display house where the toilet and kitchen walls were back to back. Booth rooms had exhaust fans.

    Now, if you can imagine it when you do the no. 2's and turn on the fan in the toilet, those fumes are going in the ceiling space about 1 metre from the kitchen ceiling fan…. Yuk!

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