I'm claiming the prize...

[Silverspoon]

I can't do it. I can't deny a person a rest room. I am way too often in that predicament.
I have designated our hallway bathroom as the extra bathroom. I simply say, I have one in my house, but it's not meant to be public.
Then, if they don't like that it is impossibly small, old, ugly and dark, (and in the winter, has a cat litter pan in it), they can't say I didn't warn them. It's clean. But yucky..

I can, and I have.
People knocked on the door 2 hours before check in on Friday..... "I Know we're early but....". No you can't check in, the rooms not ready. "Can I use your bathroom?". No. The only bathroom on the ground floor is ours and I'm not letting the public use it, partly because it's not maintained to the same level of cleanliness as the guest room ensuites but mostly because it's ours and I don't want to open it to the general public. How would you like it if I came round to your house, knocked on your door and asked to use your loo.
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I am with you on this HJ. Our bathroom is not open to the public, or to guests. Plan ahead, the Visitor's Center is a few miles up the street or you can walk to the Chamber of Commerce booth at the bottom of the street and use their Porta potty. If you are desperate enough you'll use the porta potty!

 

[Morticia]

I can't do it. I can't deny a person a rest room. I am way too often in that predicament.
I have designated our hallway bathroom as the extra bathroom. I simply say, I have one in my house, but it's not meant to be public.
Then, if they don't like that it is impossibly small, old, ugly and dark, (and in the winter, has a cat litter pan in it), they can't say I didn't warn them. It's clean. But yucky..

I can, and I have.
People knocked on the door 2 hours before check in on Friday..... "I Know we're early but....". No you can't check in, the rooms not ready. "Can I use your bathroom?". No. The only bathroom on the ground floor is ours and I'm not letting the public use it, partly because it's not maintained to the same level of cleanliness as the guest room ensuites but mostly because it's ours and I don't want to open it to the general public. How would you like it if I came round to your house, knocked on your door and asked to use your loo.
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The toilet in the laundry room (did I show you around the house when you were here?) is just a toilet. The sink is covered with cleaning supplies and is inaccessible.
So, if you've gotta go you're told in no uncertain terms that this toilet is never cleaned and there are no washing facilities. (I think I stuck a bleach tablet in the tank to keep the mold from forming.)
What happens? Guests say it doesn't matter and then walk into the kitchen to wash their hands.
But their first experience is a dirty laundry room with a toilet in the corner and no sink. The toilet tank is covered with cleaning supplies. The trash from cleaning and that morning's breakfast is shoved up next to the toilet and all the dirty sheets are piled on the floor.
Exactly what the guest's first impression should be.

 

[JimBoone]

I can't do it. I can't deny a person a rest room. I am way too often in that predicament.
I have designated our hallway bathroom as the extra bathroom. I simply say, I have one in my house, but it's not meant to be public.
Then, if they don't like that it is impossibly small, old, ugly and dark, (and in the winter, has a cat litter pan in it), they can't say I didn't warn them. It's clean. But yucky..

I can, and I have.
People knocked on the door 2 hours before check in on Friday..... "I Know we're early but....". No you can't check in, the rooms not ready. "Can I use your bathroom?". No. The only bathroom on the ground floor is ours and I'm not letting the public use it, partly because it's not maintained to the same level of cleanliness as the guest room ensuites but mostly because it's ours and I don't want to open it to the general public. How would you like it if I came round to your house, knocked on your door and asked to use your loo.
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I'm with you, my bath is back in my bedroom, not always neat and pretty nor do I want the liability of someone walking back through my house while the rest of the party has access to the office unattended.

 

[JimBoone]

I can't do it. I can't deny a person a rest room. I am way too often in that predicament.
I have designated our hallway bathroom as the extra bathroom. I simply say, I have one in my house, but it's not meant to be public.
Then, if they don't like that it is impossibly small, old, ugly and dark, (and in the winter, has a cat litter pan in it), they can't say I didn't warn them. It's clean. But yucky..

I can, and I have.
People knocked on the door 2 hours before check in on Friday..... "I Know we're early but....". No you can't check in, the rooms not ready. "Can I use your bathroom?". No. The only bathroom on the ground floor is ours and I'm not letting the public use it, partly because it's not maintained to the same level of cleanliness as the guest room ensuites but mostly because it's ours and I don't want to open it to the general public. How would you like it if I came round to your house, knocked on your door and asked to use your loo.
.

The toilet in the laundry room (did I show you around the house when you were here?) is just a toilet. The sink is covered with cleaning supplies and is inaccessible.
So, if you've gotta go you're told in no uncertain terms that this toilet is never cleaned and there are no washing facilities. (I think I stuck a bleach tablet in the tank to keep the mold from forming.)
What happens? Guests say it doesn't matter and then walk into the kitchen to wash their hands.
But their first experience is a dirty laundry room with a toilet in the corner and no sink. The toilet tank is covered with cleaning supplies. The trash from cleaning and that morning's breakfast is shoved up next to the toilet and all the dirty sheets are piled on the floor.
Exactly what the guest's first impression should be.
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We once had a toilet in the laundry room, but there really wasn't a proper door between the laundry room and the living room/office so it did not lend itself to public use, mostly the bowl allowed for a little excess water when the washer pumped, when we had the line replaced we removed the toilet and sink to gain working room as when we went to a front loader you could not fully open the door to the washer.