Wealthy home buyers demand bathrooms — lots of bathrooms

[Newsjock]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Here's another way the rich are different: They have more bathrooms.

Real estate brokers who cater to the moneyed say their clients typically want homes that have at least two bathrooms for every bedroom. And with spacious tubs, floor lamps, dressing areas and seating, some bathrooms rival bedrooms in size.

... Some mansions have nearly as many commodes as entire blocks in less regal neighborhoods.

Pickfair, the Beverly Hills estate of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, was outfitted with 30 bathrooms in a later overhaul. But the record locally may be the 41 bathrooms boasted by an 18,400-square-foot Mediterranean-style home in Bel-Air that was recently on the market for $40 million, real estate agents say.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-many-bathrooms-20120303,0,1969736,full.story

[rug]

1. This proves they're full of shit.

[OhioChick]

2. How true

[Angry Dragon]

4. +34,619

[amerikat]

3. I read the link as www.latrines...funny how the mind works. (nt)

[midnight]

5. The one percent have all the luxuries....

[RKP5637]

6. I sure wish my cat had his own bathroom rather than sharing mine with his box! LOL n/t

[barb162]

7. Even if the cat had his own bathroom , he'd still use yours.

They're very charming that way.

[RKP5637]

9. Yep, he really would! I know he would! lol

[crimsonblue]

8. There is a simply explanation

Rich, (mostly) white people need 2 bathrooms: one for normal use, another dedicated to their Santorum.

[sakabatou]

12. ...

[Johnny Rico]

10. In other news, the Rich have lots of stuff! Details at 11!

Shrug.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. This post and story has me looking for my extra large can of

who gives a fuck.

The first house I remember living in had two bedrooms and one bathroom. I shared a bedroom with my sister.

The second house I lived in had three bedrooms and one bathroom...

And I STILL don't give a fuck how many bathrooms other people have.

[JDPriestly]

13. Why have so many bathrooms?

I grew up in a pretty good-sized family with only one bathroom. We managed to keep healthy and clean. What do they do with all their bathrooms? Sorry to be so naive but what????

On edit, I know what they do with the bathrooms. They hire people to clean them.

If you clean your bathroom yourself, you don't want so many. Now I get it.

And if they have 10 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms, they never have to use a bathroom that hasn't just been cleaned. Ohhhh!!!

[stopbush]

14. We rent a 3-bdr, 3-bathroom condo.

Those three bathrooms ( 2 full baths, one half bath/shower) come in handy when the 4 of us are all up at the same time in the morning, with one kid going to HS, the other driving to college and the parents trying to get to work. If we had only one bathroom, somebody would have to get up at 4:30 every morning to start the line for showers, and as that person would probably be ME, well, I say, the more bathrooms the better!

And, yes, the kids are responsible for cleaning their bathrooms.