Downstairs toilet

our downstairs loo is just by the front door.
OH has claimed this as his own and only shares with Henrietta as we don't have a cupboard for her.
Unfortunately being so near the front door visitors can often be treated to a blast of trumpet voluntary,Handels water music,and unfortunately at times we have had to blame accompanying smell from the fields at the back muck spreading,or the dog.
I have tried unsuccessfully to persuade him that downstairs is just for tinkles,mind you have done it out all blokey with a nautical theme,so have only myself to blame.
One and only time I got caught short,a chugger knocked at the door and I was too embarrassed to come out and had to wait while OH got shot of him....also you have to remember to pull down the blind as you can be seen from passers by

We have moved house several times over the years and 2 loos was always part of the 'must haves'. Even more important now we're older! There are things I would be prepared to sacrifice rather than 'loo space(s)'.

We are in a bungalow and have two bathrooms-main family bathroom and our ensuite. Last house had 3 bat grins and a loo so not sorry to lose a couple for cleaning!

Bat grins? Bat grins?? What a wonderful picture that conjures up! BATHROOMS! iPad has a life of its own.

Katek I had this vision of two small outside loos that you'd had to clean out.
downtoearth we once had the downstairs loo right by the front door......enough said

At the moment we live in the equivalent of a bungalow, with only one bathroom. BUT and it is a big but, we have an annexe with another bathroom in it.
We hope to rebuild the annexe and there will still only be one bathroom but again we will only have to walk a few yards for the other one.

Lol dustyangel! There were Daubenton's bats living under the bridge near to us but they hadn't migrated to the loo.........as far as I know Maybe should have checked the loft when we moved.

I remember staying in a pub once that boasted en suite bathrooms. We entered the room and saw only a big fitted wardrobe with double doors, turns out the bathroom was in here! Snug!

In our last family house there was a coalhouse with entrance from outside. So we converted that into a toilet - it was directly below the only other toilet, upstairs.
Going back a bit, I had a school friend who lived in a miner's cottage, and their toilet was a "netty" at the end of the back garden - rather chilly in winter!

We had those, Tricia, in, or rather outside , several houses. One was an earth closet (yuck!). I still have the little Kelly lamp that used to burn in there to provide a bit of light and (supposedly) stop the pipes freezing in Winter.