{"id":431978,"date":"2025-09-17T20:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431978\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:22:13","slug":"see-inside-the-400k-family-home-with-a-grim-toilet-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/431978\/","title":{"rendered":"See inside the \u00a3400k family home with a &#8216;grim&#8217; toilet location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three-bedroom house, located in Brislington, Bristol, looks completely normal from the street &#8211; but potential buyers have been left &#8216;flabbergasted&#8217; by one of the rooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_66374e\">Fiona Callingham<\/strong> Lifestyle writer<\/p>\n<p>06:30, 15 Sep 2025Updated 11:07, 16 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758140527_660_0_Jam_Press_JMP752485.jpg\" alt=\"The house from outside\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Prospective buyers have been left &#8220;flabbergasted&#8221; by an odd bathroom\/kitchen set up in a Bristol house for sale(Image: Jam Press\/Moving You)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prospective homebuyers have been left &#8220;flabbergasted&#8221; by a peculiar bathroom\/kitchen combo in a family home currently on the market. The three-bedroom property, situated in Brislington, Bristol, appears entirely ordinary from the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Most of the dwelling seems warm and welcoming. Nevertheless, an open-plan utility area has been oddly configured with a WC positioned inside it, next to more typical kitchen appliances and fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The room contains the washing machine, a fridge-freezer, a basin, and even a coffee maker set up on a counter and plugged in ready for use. But despite food and drinks being stored there, there&#8217;s no partition separating the space from the toilet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758140529_541_0_Jam_Press_JMP752493.jpg\" alt=\"Toilet in open-plan utility room.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>An open-plan utility room has been oddly laid out with a toilet plonked in it, alongside more typical kitchen appliances and items(Image: Jam Press\/Moving You)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The area has been described as the &#8220;utility\/downstairs WC&#8221;. The house photos were shared on social media, where viewers were left &#8220;flabbergasted&#8221; by the design, as reported by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/luxurypropertynews.co.uk\/family-home-with-grim-toilet-in-kitchen-leaves-prospective-buyers-flabbergasted\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Luxury Property News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758140531_315_0_Jam_Press_JMP752513.jpg\" alt=\"The garden.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The rest of the terraced home looks perfectly ordinary, with three bedrooms, a spacious lounge, a dining room, a kitchen which opens out onto the back garden, and a full family bathroom upstairs(Image: Jam Press\/Moving You)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One person commented: &#8220;I get that&#8217;s a utility room but&#8230; Imagine having your fridge in a windowless room where someone just had a rough time on the throne. Or your washing. Either settle for one toilet or put a small cubicle in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;This new trend of open plan s***ters has to stop,&#8221; another remarked. Someone else wrote: &#8220;That&#8217;s got to be breaking some health and safety regulations surely?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758140533_797_0_Jam_Press_JMP752502.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of the house.\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The house is currently on the market for offers in excess of \u00a3400,000 with Moving You(Image: Jam Press\/Moving You)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another person noted: &#8220;Oh that&#8217;s grim, and right next to a kettle and stuff. Imagine how many airborne poop particles are in that fridge and cooking area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The rest of the terraced house seems perfectly ordinary, featuring three bedrooms, a spacious lounge, a dining room, a kitchen that opens to the back garden, and a full family bathroom upstairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It&#8217;s presently on the market for offers over \u00a3400,000 with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moving-you.co.uk\/property-for-sale\/talbot-road-brislington-bristol-bs4-2ns\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Moving You<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The three-bedroom house, located in Brislington, Bristol, looks completely normal from the street &#8211; but potential buyers have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,27978,129495,24170,10003,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-431978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-homes-and-property","13":"tag-homes-for-sale","14":"tag-property-market","15":"tag-property-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115221505962233275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}