Looking for advice from experienced hosts who have large properties! Or people who would book properties for more than 8 people.
I have a large 12 guest 6 bedroom rural country home with a pool. It only has 2 bathrooms with toilets within. Been hosting 8 years.
I have wondered for some time if we need a 3rd separate toilet. I have had feedback that a 3rd toilet would be nice, especially for friend bookings vs extended family bookings (they are more accepting of only 2 toilets it seems). And new competitor down the road has 3 toilets for same # of people and is getting bookings, whereas ours have dropped off.
So got the builder quote for the only place it could be installed in the laundry. Note the laundry is a thoroughfare (go through the laundry from kitchen to go outside to back yard with pool). Which option would you go for ?
a) toilet installed, new walls to enclose toilet and sink, door to enter for complete privacy and can use toilet at anytime of the day. Cost $20K
b) toilet installed only on back wall, no walls at all. So no permanent privacy. Toilet would only be used in these scenarios by kids coming from the pool, or at night by anyone when the back door is locked, and the laundry is no longer a thoroughfare. Cost is $5K
We are in a cool climate region, so there's not alot of outside night usage by guests on the whole, they stay inside, except for a 3 or so summer months.
And no can't really get another quote, he is our regular builder, been very good to us, we are a remote property and we are not close, and its hard getting builders out there to do work, and plus he lives local to the property which helps when we have emergencies.
So thoughts people? Option A or B?
I'm leaning to option B with a freestanding privacy screen as option A can't be justified for that amount of money! No bookings would ever recoup that!
Thanks so much!