Twin wash basins (or sinks)

I know this is definitely a trend now for new builds, but I would rather have the extra counter space. DH and I rarely are there at the same time.

|Over 30 years ago we bought a terrace house that needed a lot doing to it , but one bonus was a large bathroom. so had a lovely old roll top solid bath which we kept, which was white , but that and the toilet were all that was in the big room. So I was able to go and find in white - which was cheaper anyway - and got a washbasin , an over bath shower and a bidet.. That was so useful and it was a lovely bathroom , which I had some very soft towels, so if felt like a treat to use the bathroom. I really missed that bidet when we left that house and never had a big enough bathroom again to have another one. Having lived abroad and travelled quite a bit I have had all sorts of bathrooms ranging from the hole in the ground with two foot places as the only loo (actually better for you I am told) to huge room with marble floor and double basins etc. But so long as I can keep it clean and the one pleasure of being a widow is having the bathroom to myself and it stays tidy and clean, I dont really care what it is like so long as it is mine all mine!

Sharing a bathroom can present some difficulties but, as long as people are civilised and thoughtful, I don't see a huge problem. I don't understand why some people are so thrilled with "his 'n' hers" sinks. The ones I've seen are too close together in any case, so you have the irritation of clashing elbows. Incidentally, there was no bathroom in my childhood home (and the loo was outside). I don't recall any of the 4 adults & 2 children bickering over it. The only inconvenience was that if someone was in the tin bath (in front of the fire) everyone else tactfully went elsewhere in the house. Lot of fuss over not very much, really, just people with money finding stuff to be discontent about.

Twin toilets are not new a fair few years ago we looked at a cottage in Wales The bathroom had very old double toilet. The seat was made of one piece of oak beautifully carved for two bottoms

A few years ago we were in a hotel which had TWIN TOILETS!! At first we thought one was a bidet but … no, both were toilets. They were very close together too! I can think of nothing worse!

I have two sinks in the boot room. Already there when we moved in. Such a shame there are no draining boards

The Victorian house we bought in 1983 had a huge master bedroom with a sunken bath and two basins. The first alteration to the house was to relocate the bath and one basin to a spare bedroom and to reorganise the remaining basin to a suitable corner. It felt like an enormous though expensive improvement.

We have double sinks in our en-suite bathroom. To be honest I only use it for teeth cleaning. I use one of the en-suite shower rooms for myself. Unless we have visitors, then it’s back to sharing with DH

A house we bought in 1985 had twin sinks in the master bedroom en suite, I can honestly say we never used the sinks side by side, it was just an extra sink to clean. It had a bidet in the same en suite and I really missed it when we sold that house.

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Why-oh-why would anyone think that an open plan bathroom/bedroom was a good idea…. Horrendous !

Best thing his and hers bathrooms both with bidets

DH uses the en suite as his bathroom and I use the bathroom next door. Suits us both although I do use the ensuite for nightly trips to loo. I think Michael Caine said the secret of a happy marriage was separate bathrooms. We stayed in some lovely hotels on a trip to SAfrica and most had open plan bed/bathroom. Nightmare. I do like a bit of privacy on the loo etc.

rocketship - some of us like a lot of things we can't afford.
If money was no object I think we would all choose a way to live that suits us best.

I don't really see what you mean by your comment (above) as obviously you would only choose two washbasins if you thought you would use two.

We have two wash hand basins in our en suite bathroom. And a bidet - when I hurt my back and had to wear a body brace for 8 weeks, and hence couldn’t shower - I was eternally grateful that we had one.

I would love to have a bidet, and I would use it too.
Preferably separate bathrooms as well.

Some of you sound very posh~~ LOLOL

Many folks are quite happy to have a small room for one sink/basin, a toilet, and a shower.... I know that I am.

For the amount of use twin sinks/basins actually get I think they are a waste of money

Mojack26

Rest of world has lower voltage than uk hence why we have no power points in bathroom

I have a 2 pin socket in my ensuite, I use it for my toothbrush

Rest of world has lower voltage than uk hence why we have no power points in bathroom

Years ago most of us shared bathrooms or loos and never thought anything of it. Now however I hate to share-on holiday in a hotel etc there’s no choice. If I move I would rather have less rooms or space than do without separate bathrooms. I had a very wealthy friend who had a house built and the master suite had 2 en-suites!!

It is very common to have two washbasins in bathrooms in Europe and here in Germany it's nearly always the case. European bathrooms also generally have mixer taps which are not so common in the UK unfortunately. There is also nearly always a socket for an electric toothbrush and/or hairdryer. On the other hand ensuites are very rare here. I think people just adjust to what is the norm.

We will update our bathroom next year and will include two wash basins and also one of those Japanese toilets- all singing all dancing. We already have a large walk in shower si just need to add a seat of some sort in there. Need to be as comfortable as possible in or old age

I love it when we rent a house in USA if it has two sinks, our favourite had two inks opposite each other as usually we were rushing to get ready to take the DCs out it made it quicker than having to wait on one person finishing. Mt poor DH has had to help me go to the bathroom following some surgery, we didn’t feel uncomfortable, it was just something that had to be done. As for the poster who mentioned the jacuzzi bath, we had one for several years when DCs were small, the only down side was forgetting to remove the Mr Matey bubble bath bottle before DD got in the bath as the resembled a scene for one of the old Hollywood musicals with 3ft of bubbles on top of the water, fortunately we could open the bathroom window and throw blocks of bubbles out into the garden.😂

All, I can say is, well we are all different, aren't we?

As children my sister and I cleaned our teeth at the same time at the same basin, and weed in each other's presence without embarrasment, as our house only had one bathroom and we had to be out of it, before Daddy needed it, as, like most men, he took an inordinate time shaving!

On rare occasions when a school-friend slept at our house, she and I would wash at the same time -she had been plonked in one end of the bath and her brother in the other until they were about seven - I had at the same age, shared the bath with a little boy my parents were fostering. No-one thought that odd.

My mother bathed, dressed and undressed with both of us girls. Even after we were both grown up this felt perfectly natural when we were in the same house.

My father, on the other hand, never was seen naked by my sister or myself, and when in his old age, he needed help bathing, it felt more natural for my husband to help him, until we had fixed up with the district nurse that a carer would come in to make sure he did not fall in the bathroom.

DH and I bathed together and in the last month of his life when he could not manage alone, I bathed him and wiped his bottom when necessary too, plus emptied his urinal.

I always think who cleans them ?