Should you have a separate toilet and bathroom or combine them?

Up until three years ago, the idea that a toilet and bathroom should be kept separate had never crossed my mind. However, when I moved into a flat where the loo was located in a separate room next to the bathroom, I quickly changed my mind.

It’s more common than you’d think to have a separate toilet and bathroom on the first floor of a UK home, particularly in semi-detached properties. As was the case in my flat, which was in a converted semi-detached building.

The advantage? My partner and I avoided any stressful situations of one person banging on the bathroom door to use the toilet because it was in a different room.